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General Category => Firearms Related => Topic started by: masfonos on September 20, 2017, 03:01:14 PM
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Let's MAGA and build a 60 foot statue of Eugene Stoner and John Moses Browning! The statue just got 10' higher... make it 70 feet tall!
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/moscow-unveils-statue-mikhail-kalashnikov-inventor-ak-47-assault-rifle-1639999
A 30ft-high statue of Mikhail Kalashnikov, the inventor of the world's most widespread assault rifle, has been unveiled in Moscow. The bronze monument shows Kalashnikov, who towards the end of his life was kept awake at night over the millions who were killed because of his invention, cradling an AK-47.
The ceremony before the statue was unveiled featured the Soviet anthem, Orthodox prayers and speeches about how the firearm ensured Russia's safety and peace in the world. The 35-million-rouble (£450,000) statue was financed by the Russian Military-Historical Society, a patriotic group set up by the Kremlin, and erected on Sadovaya Karetnaya Street.
An estimated 100 million AK-47 assault rifles are now spread worldwide. By some estimates, the AK-47 and its versions account for around one-fifth of the world's firearms, and it has become the weapon of choice for terrorists and drug gangs.
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