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Guns: Assault weapon inventor knew the truth

I have long maintained that an assault weapon such as the AR-15 has no place in civilian society, since its sole purpose is to inflict mass carnage on the battlefield. Now I have something more than my senses to back this up — the inventor of the AR-15.

See what his family has to say about this at tinyurl.com/hgnc9vn.

This story was originally published June 17, 2016 at 11:15 AM with the headline "Guns: Assault weapon inventor knew the truth."

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