Fonderie 47, Cross Create Pen to Rid Africa of Assault Rifles

Fonderie 47, an organization that works to address the problems of assault rifles in Africa, has teamed up with Cross to promote the destruction of AK-47 assault rifles on the continent.

"The AK-47 is a mass-produced, industrial object," Peter Thum, CEO of Fonderie 47, told Quill & Pad. "This weapon has spread around the world as a tool for state strategy, political ideology and because of an accident of history as an open-source platform that allows anyone to produce their own version of the gun—and over 20 countries have. Since 1947, some 100 million AK-47-type weapons and variants have been produced."