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Joe Scarborough
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Those suggesting the AR-15 was NOT developed as a weapon of war should read up on history. The AR-15 was developed as a military weapon to replace the M-14. Eugene Stoner designed it to be lighter and more lethal than the M-14. It was far deadlier than the M-16 used in Vietnam.
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Joe Scarborough
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As a longtime gun owner and supporter of the Second Amendment, I agreed with the Supreme Court’s "Heller" holding that concluded Americans had the right to keep and bear arms. But that constitutional protection did not, and will not, extend to guns designed as weapons of war.
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George Brauchler
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Honest question, sir: the M9 is issued to officers (like me) and others in war, for war. It is a semi-automatic 9mm handgun known as a Beretta 92FS. Is it a weapon of war? Should it too be banned for civilians?
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Rob Doar
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You must not have actually read it. "Army ordnance corps got hold of Eugene Stoner’s AR-15, declared it to be inadequately “developed,” and “militarized” it into the M-16"
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None of the “AR-15”s used in mass shootings are Stoner’s exact AR-15. As applied to today’s commercial rifles, that term is just shorthand for “AR-15 pattern” rifle. The article’s lethality comparison between Stoner’s rifle and the M-16 is not applicable.
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@stevenwlasher
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Did you read the article? Here's an excerpt. "And it used what was, by the standards of the corps, a laughably small round—a .22 caliber bullet, the kind kids used to shoot at squirrels."
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