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Gun Control Reform Activism

ErikJ

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3. The AR-15 is now the best selling rifle in the US.

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #2)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 03:19 PM

Sep 2016

Being sold as a sporting rifle whatever that is. It was the FIRST of the CAR-15 family of assault rifles. The M-16's were slight modifications on the AR-15. The AR15 "invented" the rapid drop and load of the magazine. Among several other new adaptations for combat.

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'More guns in fewer hands': US study charts rise of hardcore super owners [View all] billh58 Sep 2016 OP

These anti-tryanny yo-yos forget that Hitler, for instance, was initially elected. Jerry442 Sep 2016 #1

The most concerning thing to me is the type of gun owned. flamin lib Sep 2016 #2

The AR-15 is now the best selling rifle in the US. ErikJ Sep 2016 #3

Good. Confiscation will be easier. Throck Sep 2016 #4

Nice try... n/t billh58 Sep 2016 #5