10-06-2015, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Rochard
Same exact thing. From Wikipedia:
After modifications (most notably the relocation of the charging handle from under the carrying handle to the rear of the receiver), the redesigned rifle was adopted by the United States military as the M16 rifle. In 1963, Colt started selling the semi-automatic version of the M16 rifle as the Colt AR-15 for civilian use and the term has been used to refer to semiautomatic-only versions of the rifle since then.
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It's a common tactic used to shift away from the fact that many States require no background check whatsoever for private party gun sales at gun shows. Instead of discussing that issue, they want to get into a pedantic argument as to firearm nomenclature...and they are often wrong about that too as evinced in this thread. |
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