"However, Mr. Kalashnikov's design was never patented and the production agreements were largely handshake deals." Well, what can I say? Bad luck? From anothe

"However, Mr. Kalashnikov's design was never patented and the production agreements were largely handshake deals." Well, what can I say? Bad luck? From another article from 2007 - http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL0689377120070706 http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL06893771200707... "People say: 'If you lived in the West you would have been a multi-millionaire by now.'" "They get hung up on the green stuff, on dollars. But are there not other valuable things in life? Which of the Western weapons makers can say that a bronze statue of them has been built in their home village?"