WaPo: The gun that divides a nation - Kotaku In Action 2

WaPo: The gun that divides a nation (archive.vn)

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– Ahaus667 [S] 12 points 3 years ago +12 / -0

The AR-15 wasn’t supposed to be a bestseller. The rugged, powerful weapon was originally designed as a soldiers’ rifle in the late 1950s. “An outstanding weapon with phenomenal lethality,” an internal Pentagon report raved. It soon became standard issue for U.S. troops in the Vietnam War, where the weapon earned a new name: the M16.

First paragraph is a massive lie, go figure…

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– Brennus 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

And note they leave out the part where it was rejected and instead the m-16 was adopted

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– LauriThorne 3 points 3 years ago +3 / -0

Actually functionally it works significantly better at ergonomics and recoil mitigation. That's why it was advertised as "The Sportsman's Best Friend"

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