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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]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,692 posts)6. re: He died long before any mass shootings occurred.
        Mr Stoner died April 24, 1997
Since these shootings were major crimes and 10 or more people were killed at each one, I'm sure his family is mistaken.
1949	Camden shootings
1966	University of Texas tower shooting
1975	Easter Sunday massacre
1982	Wilkes-Barre shootings
1983	Wah Mee massacre
1984	San Ysidro McDonald's massacre
1984	Palm Sunday massacre
1986	Edmond post office shooting
1991	Luby's shooting
Many firearms were designed for the military and have been used by civilians for legal purposes.
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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
      
  