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It seems the designer of the Kalashnikov rifle was just named a “Hero of Russia” by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, who lauded him for creating “the brand every Russian is proud of.”
Please remember, I am not making any of this up.
As far as global recognition goes, Mikhail Kalashnikov’s name would be right up there with Death and Hemorrhoids, if those were actual people’s names.
Between real Kalashnikovs and knock-offs, “the brand every Russian is proud of” is often said to have killed more people than any other weapon.
Indeed, “the brand every Russian is proud of” is the weapon of choice among various armies, rebels, gangsters and drug traffickers.
Said the frail, 90-year-old Kalashnikov at the ceremony, “This is not my fault that this weapon is not used where it should.”
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Top: Mikhail Kalashnikov (R), the Russian inventor of the globally popular AK-47 assault rifle, toasts with Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev during festivities to celebrate his 90th birthday in Moscow, November 10, 2009. REUTERS/ Natalia Kolesnikova/Pool
Middle: Afghan boys, some as young as eight, peer through the broken glass of a window of their prison in Kabul watched by a young guard with a Kalashnikov assault rifle, in a 1996 file photo. REUTERS/Stringer
Bottom: A Russian boy aims a Kalashnikov rifle at the Russian Army’s elite Dzerzhinsky division near the town of Balashikha, outside Moscow, in a 2002 file photo. The Dzerzhinsky division organized a military-style summer camp for juvenile delinquents to teach military discipline and show them contemporary weaponry. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
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I love my AK, although it’s Romanian not Russian, it doesn’t jam, easy to take care of and ammo is cheap. Can’t say I’m psyched about how it is used around the world but if you in the market for a nice assault rifle this is the way to go.
- Posted by Gun Toting LiberalBill is a Yank name.
- Posted by ShraAnd I suppose you think that Little Miss Random was 1982’s most common name for Australian girls?
- Posted by Little Miss RandomSven is not a common Yank name…
- Posted by BillYeah, but if we’re talking rathers, I’d rather ride into the sunset on a unicorn than be shot with a gun. It’s flawed logic.
*deep breathing*
Remember LMR - don’t get drawn into the gun debate. Don’t get drawn into the gun debate. Especially not with Yanks.
- Posted by Little Miss RandomI’d rather be shot than be doused in a flammable substance and lit with an evil match.
- Posted by Sven