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Kalashnikov Asked Patriarch Shortly Before Death if he is Guilty in Killing People with his Gun
Interfax ^ | 1/13/14

Posted on 01/13/2014 5:58:26 AM PST by marshmallow

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To: marshmallow

He does not sound like a bad man. I truly hope we are not embracing the liberal idea that the gun is to blame for any killing. It is the holder who fires the weapon.


21 posted on 01/13/2014 7:45:36 AM PST by Viennacon
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To: marshmallow
Interesting.

I can see a man who developed a weapon to help his country be tormented on seeing that same weapon used to enslave and kill others.

I will tip my glass to him tonight. May be rest in peace, and let us meet in the heavenly halls of God.

22 posted on 01/13/2014 7:59:12 AM PST by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: 353FMG

I watched the documentary ‘World War II From Space’ a couple of days ago. There is no doubt we were right to use the nukes. The Japanese were nuts (still are?), civilians throwing themselves off cliffs, donning suicide vests and throwing themselves under tanks. The nukes saved countless lives.


23 posted on 01/13/2014 8:09:41 AM PST by Viennacon
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To: marshmallow

If the world is going to blame the weapon look no farther than the M-98 Mauser and the Arisaka.
Throw in a British SMLE for good measure.

Then there was Oliver Winchester’s widow who went to a fortune teller who convinced her that the spirits of the dead killed by her husband’s rifle were after her. Keep Building!


24 posted on 01/13/2014 8:10:04 AM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: Viennacon

We now have other nuts living among us who do not disdain the wearing of suicide vests.


25 posted on 01/13/2014 10:12:43 AM PST by 353FMG
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Any chance of finding that story online? I already tried my best and got nothing


26 posted on 01/13/2014 10:33:10 AM PST by varyouga
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To: 353FMG

Yes. I met Gen Tibbetts, and he was a wonderful man. He served his country, helped end a World war, and probably saved the lives of millions of Americans AND Japanese.


27 posted on 01/13/2014 10:41:26 AM PST by left that other site
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To: varyouga

I read it years ago in a collection of Chekhov’s “humorous short stories”, most of which I recall were depressing.


28 posted on 01/13/2014 11:48:35 AM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (There Is Still A Very Hot War On Terror, Just Not On The MSM. Rantburg.com)
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To: yefragetuwrabrumuy

Good for us that the devil can’t read minds.

This guy like others have said is not guilty for the people killed. It’s just a tool, it’s who uses it and how that’s responsible.


29 posted on 01/13/2014 12:21:54 PM PST by Bulwyf
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To: marshmallow

Yeah, right. Rest easy, Mikhail. I’m not about to believe the Soviets wouldn’t have gladly murdered their own with a weapon designed by Tokarev, Simonov, or Dragunov.


30 posted on 01/13/2014 3:31:57 PM PST by gundog (Help us, Nairobi-Wan Kenobi...you're our only hope.)
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To: Joe Brower
I think this 'story' is bunk -- everything I ever heard, Mr. K had no regrets at all, blaming the guns misuse on politicians.

I saw the quote but there's no mention of when he said it. Meanwhile, the stories about him expressing regret say this was a position that he'd reached very recently.

He could have had later regrets, it wouldn't be that unusual for someone facing their own mortality.

31 posted on 01/14/2014 6:05:56 AM PST by FormerLib (Sacrificing our land and our blood cannot buy protection from jihad.-Bishop Artemije of Kosovo)
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