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In reply to the discussion: AR-15 inventor's family: "Meant to be a military weapon." "He'd have been horrified and sickened." [View all]Straw Man
(6,623 posts)43. And it's not surprising that ...
... "90% of crime guns come from 5% of licensed dealers," as I've heard bandied about so much lately. Uh ... yeah. Those are mega-dealers who outsell Ma and Pa Gunshop by a factor of ... oh, shall we say 20 to 1? We're talking Wal-Mart, Bass Pro, Academy, Gander, Bud's, Hyatt, etc. Arguably, 90% of all guns come from that 5%.
The number itself is no indicator of corrupt practice, especially since it doesn't account for any changes in the chain of custody from point of sale to use in a crime.
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AR-15 inventor's family: "Meant to be a military weapon." "He'd have been horrified and sickened." [View all]
sharedvalues
Sep 2019
OP
The AR-15 Stoner invented became the M16. It was an automatic weapon (i.e. a "machne gun").
PoliticAverse
Sep 2019
#1
And it doesn't differ significantly from the current M4 issued to military personnel.
flamin lib
Sep 2019
#4
"Eugene Stoner, an ex-marine and the rifle's inventor, never used his AR-15 for sport"
IronLionZion
Sep 2019
#3
Don't expect a link to a source- that sort are fond of promulgating "faith-promoting rumors"
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2019
#11
Seems more a case of stuffing words in a dead man's mouth so to speak. The AR-15 has been
Marengo
Sep 2019
#12
I'm willing to listen to his family members- *after* they give away their share of his estate...
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2019
#16
Except they are (like other stupid mass murder weapons like them) are the preferred gun of
jpak
Sep 2019
#40
The OP is virtue-signalling bullshit- his family as of yet hasn't renounced his money...
friendly_iconoclast
Sep 2019
#49