Post AU4zFsRqZfQ2pkUI6q by bater@toot.community
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 (DIR) Post #AU49EeQo0XTbSI5vWa by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-03-28T06:28:06Z
       
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       Intriguing & disturbing:The gun that divides a nationThe AR-15 thrives in times of tension and tragedy. This is how it came to dominate the marketplace–& loom so large in the American psychehttps://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2023/ar-15-america-gun-culture-politics/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3988a2f%2F6421c2e1f19a510b04265d25%2F5efb6396ade4e276b361f72b%2F8%2F72%2F6421c2e1f19a510b04265d25&wp_cu=d25dd6ffc5785d1026e3ff817c10583b%7CC0D737305D254969E0430100007FF0C5"Eugene Stoner, a World War II veteran who invented the AR-15 in the late 1950s while working at Armalite, a small engineering firm in Hollywood, had no interest in civilians using his invention....“'He looked at this thing as only for the military side of the house,' Knight said"
       
 (DIR) Post #AU49zFFhROBayS7Lo8 by aehdeschaine@zirk.us
       2023-03-28T06:36:30Z
       
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       @CitizenWald I honestly can't describe the revulsion I feel reading that article. There is a horror there that has apparently existed my whole adult life. And now my son's entire life. Contemplating that is almost overwhelmingly depressing.
       
 (DIR) Post #AU4AHDBdrIrLmSmq92 by CitizenWald@historians.social
       2023-03-28T06:39:47Z
       
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       @aehdeschaine You said it.Add this to the list:Republicans' AR-15 Lapel Pins Slammed in Wake of Nashville School Shootinghttps://www.newsweek.com/republicans-ar-15-lapel-pins-slammed-wake-nashville-school-shooting-1790695
       
 (DIR) Post #AU4zFsRqZfQ2pkUI6q by bater@toot.community
       2023-03-28T16:10:59Z
       
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       @CitizenWald In The summer of 1980, the Marine Corps had me incarcerated for 12 weeks on Parris Island, SC. For 10 of those 12 weeks, I was issued a Colt M16A1 rifle. The AR-15 was not a big seller in the civilian market. As a Marine Corps veteran, I firmly believe the AR-15 should never have been sold to civilians. The AR-15 become popular during the early 1990s with the assault weapons ban.