I'm Proud Of My Invention, But I'm

I Have Continued To Work At Different Things, And Rebuilt My Home All By Myself. I Did It For The Sake Of Satisfaction At Doing Something. I Did It Because I Happened To Be Where I Was.

It Is The Germans Who Are Responsible For The Fact That I Became A Fabricator Of Arms. If Not For Them, I Would Have Constructed Agricultural Machines. (...) If Someone Asks Me How I Can Sleep At Night Knowing That My Arms Have Killed Millions Of People, I Respond That I Have No Problem Sleeping, My Conscience Is Clean. I Constructed Arms To Defend My Country.

The Fact That People Die Because Of An Ak-47 Is Not Because Of The Designer, But Because Of Politics.

You See, With [designing]weapons, It Is Like A Woman Who Bears Children. For Months She Carries Her Baby And Thinks About It. A Designer Does Much The Same Thing With A Prototype. I Felt Like A Mother - Always Proud. It Is A Special Feeling, As If You Were Awarded With A Special Award. I Shot With It A Lot. I Still Do Now. That Is Why I Am Hard Of Hearing.

My Spiritual Pain Is Unbearable. I Keep Having The Same Unsolved Question: If My Rifle Claimed People's Lives, Then Can It Be That I A Christian And An Orthodox Believer, Was To Blame For Their Deaths?