Kalashnikov Haunted by His Rifle

my le gun... le killed people...!?!? Kalashnikov inventor haunted by unbearable pain of dead millions Russian who designed Kalashnikov rifle confessed in final letter of spiritual pain caused by his invention Mikhail Kalashnikov pictured celebrating the 50th anniversary of his eponymous invention in 1997. Photograph: Splash/Remix During his long lifetime Mikhail Kalashnikov expressed few regrets about his deadly eponymous invention. "I sleep soundly," he once said. But in a letter to the head of Russia’s Orthodox church written shortly before his death, the creator of the AK-47 revealed he was lately afflicted with spiritual torment. Kalashnikov, who died last month aged 94, told Patriarch Kirill he felt responsible for the millions of deaths caused by his

The meme shows Mikhail Kalashnikov smiling while holding an AK-47, overlaid with a mock news headline claiming that he was haunted by the millions of deaths caused by his invention. The crude captions parody a guilty confession and make the serious article look absurdly casual. It is used as a darkly comic reaction to weapons, unintended consequences, or someone suddenly feeling guilty about something they created. EN: The meme shows Mikhail Kalashnikov smiling while holding an AK-47, overlaid with a mock news headline claiming that he was haunted by the millions of deaths caused by his invention. The crude captions parody a guilty confession and make the serious article look absurdly casual. It is used as a darkly comic reaction to weapons, unintended consequences, or someone suddenly feeling guilty about something they created.

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