AK-47 Girl #30

"Figures from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, obtained by The Associated Press through public records requests, show a marked increase in the number of AK-type weapons traced and entered into the agency's computer database because they had been seized or connected to a crime."

"Algeria has been inhabited by Berbers (or Imazighen) since at least 10,000 BC. After 1000 BC, the Carthaginians began establishing settlements along the coast. The Berbers seized the opportunity offered by the Punic Wars to become independent of Carthage, and Berber kingdoms began to emerge, most notably Numidia. In 200 BC, however, they were once again taken over, this time by the Roman Republic."

"Women were active during the mutinies, not as fighters but as "gun collectors", especially in the hotly contested southern and eastern neighbourhoods of Bangui, the nation's capital. As fighters discarded their weapons and fled, women picked them up and hid them for safekeeping."

""Her AK-47 assault rifle held chest high, she pounded down a tunnel lined with rough rock walls. Her heart was thumping with fear. At last she found a gray metal door and yanked it open. Inside was a ladder. Glancing back over her shoulder, she climbed swiftly up the long, narrow shaft and, at the top, pulled herself out into a moonless night."

The AK-47 Heartland is Croatia. The AK-47 Capital City of the World is Phoenix.