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Gun Control Reform Activism

flamin lib

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7. Interestingly enough Eugene Stoner, the man who designed the AR 15, never owned one either.

Reply to guillaumeb (Original post)

Sat Jun 25, 2016, 09:35 AM

Jun 2016

His family has spoken about it and said that he designed it for the military and never imagined it being marketed to the public. In fact they said that he would be appalled at the carnage his gun has wreaked on civilians in America.

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It's an expensive toy you can posture with to look tough Warpy Jun 2016 #1

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Because I'm not an asshole. Aristus Jun 2016 #3

Because it's made to appeal to people with an unhealthy attraction to violence. Jerry442 Jun 2016 #4

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Because I don't live in constant fear. sinkingfeeling Jun 2016 #5

The overwhelming majority of Americans billh58 Jun 2016 #6

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Interestingly enough Eugene Stoner, the man who designed the AR 15, never owned one either. flamin lib Jun 2016 #7

Tyranny of the paranoid minority jimmy the one Jun 2016 #10

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