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Marshall Matters

Who said the New York Times only covers haute spa destinations and ritzy hotels? They must've been checking in on our tireless coverage of gun tourism to come up with this week's gem: a look at the Museum Complex of Small Arms of M. T. Kalashnikov. Yep, that Kalashnikov.

The museum is in Izhevsk, northeast of Moscow. Home to Kalashnikov himself--the now 87-year-old general who designed the AK-47--it features heaps of weapons as well as plasma-screen displays about how great guns are. If you're lucky:

Visitors may also get a glimpse of General Kalashnikov himself, who keeps an office in the museum. On this day he appeared briefly and joked that the museum and the tourists it has drawn have placed new demand on his time. "After the museum opened," he said, "my quiet life ended."

Awfully hard to relax with all those automatic weapons around!

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