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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]friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)49. The OP is virtue-signalling bullshit- his family as of yet hasn't renounced his money...
...Stoner said bupkis publicly about civilian use of his design while he was alive, and the claim that
"he died long before any mass shootings occured" is demonstrably false, as see:
https://www.democraticunderground.com/1172208791#post6
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
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
On the plus side, because of this thread we've all learned a new template for non-responsive responses to inconvenient questions:
"A noun, a verb, and something derogatory about guns and/or gun owners"
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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