In Mexico
See also: Gun politics in MexicoIn Mexico, possession of the AK-47 by civilians is outlawed. The Federal Law of Firearms and Explosives in its Article 11 prohibits the civilian possession of this category of weapon and cartridge (lawful use of a military-style firearm using a military caliber intended round is restricted to the Mexican Army), However, the AK-47 is well known in the country as the Cuerno de Chivo (Spanish for "goat's horn"), in clear reference to the curved form of the magazine.
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Famous quotes containing the word mexico:
“I think New Mexico was the greatest experience from the outside world that I have ever had.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“Is this what all these soldiers, all this training, have been for these seventy-nine years past? Have they been trained merely to rob Mexico and carry back fugitive slaves to their masters?”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)