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Eugene morrison stoner november 22, 1922 april 24, 1997 was an american firearms designer who is most associated with the development of the armalite ar15 rifle that was modified by the us military as the m16 rifle. They might not even get to test fire that weapon, which is horrifying. The popularly held idea that the term assault weapon originated with anti gun activists is wrong. The gun digest book of assault weapons thriftbooks. The ar15, the firearm that gun control supporters most often call an assault weapon, is the most popular rifle on the market today, accounting for onefourth of. The gun digest book of assault weapons is all about true assault weapons.
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