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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]wasupaloopa
(4,516 posts)28. I used his invention in Vietnam against AK47s
        It helped me survive.
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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