Charles Robedeaux

True. The OP deliberately confuses Colt’s semi-auto AR-15 that put on the market for civilians in 1969 with Armalite’s select-fire AR-15 that was developed for the military a decade earlier.

They are all versions of one another just like Chevy Trucks and GM Trucks and pretending otherwise is just a bullshit argument to confuse people who don't know about guns.

This is incorrect. There were about 1000 AR-15's used in Vietnam in 1962. They were field testing them. The DoD has a complete report on it including evaluations of the damage inflicted on enemy combatants.

Sorta true. The original Armalite AR-15 was used by the military. This is now a collector piece, never used in crime. But the semi-auto Colt AR-15 and its derivatives never were, and this is the version in the news.

They are all versions of each other and as different as Chevy Trucks are from GM Trucks. We all know what Jason is talking about, so lets stop the BS.

The AR-15 came first, in 1947; the M16 a decade later. They have the same magazine capacity: 30 rounds. The former is heavier, with a shorter range and slower rate of fire, but these are subtle differences. Overall, the weapons are pretty similar.

Eugene Stoner didn't start working on the AR-15 until 1959. There's no inherent weight difference between it and M-16. Rate of fire difference comes from the fact that former is semiautomatic and latter full auto, which is a pretty substantial difference. Good tweet, tho...

You are a liar. The AR-15 in the early days of the Vietnam war was issued and carried by officers. I know, because I WAS THERE!