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FOX News personality Geraldo Rivera backed President Biden’s push for an “assault weapons” ban and said that the “AR” in AR-15 stands for “automatic rifle” on Tuesday’s The Five. Newsweek quoted Rivera telling the co-hosts, “I submit to you, ladies and gentlemen, there is no legitimate reason … to have an AR-15.” He described the AR-15 as a “machine gun” that people own in order to make them feel “macho.”

AR stands for "Armalite Rifle", named after the company that developed this firearm. Contrary to popular beliefs it is not "assault rifle" or even "automatic rifle". Brief History of the AR The rifle was first used during the Vietnam War as an alternative to the M-14 rifle. Ok, lets back up a bit here’s a short history of it. In the late 1950s, the gun manufacturer Colt purchased the rights to the rifle but had difficulty selling it to the U.S. military. The ArmaLite Division of Fairchild is the first phase of the company’s history and where it built the...

In 1955, the small Californian firearms company ArmaLite unveiled one of the most defining and influential rifles of the 20th century — the AR-10. The hard-hitting rifle would see extensive service in bitter colonial conflicts and provide the basis for the M-16, one of the most iconic rifles of all time.

I know I posted a thread a few days ago about a handgun (below), and my interest in a Glock 19, and I sought your thoughts and comments. Knowing I tried it before I bought it! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2103527/posts Well I did my research and I went and bought the G19! That's a freakin' awesome handgun! I took my Dad and he fired it too! And he was amazed by it (He owns a 1911 and I know that's no comparison, I know that). I just wanted to say thanks for all of your comments! I tried a Sig and some others,...

Why wait until something's legal to order it?  One Illinois company is ready to serve America's extreme psychotics right away.  Have your credit cards ready. WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 /PRNewswire/ --  Tomorrow, there will only be 30 days until the assault weapons ban expires, and our nation will face a new era of criminal and terrorist attacks with assault weapons unless President Bush keeps his campaign promise and gets the law renewed. And some Americans are simply drooling at the notion of deadlier guns.  The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence today sent the following letter to the Bureau of Alcohol,...

The ArmaLite® Post-PostBan ™ Rifle Program Fact: Unless reauthorized or replaced with a worse program, the Assault Weapon Act of 1994 will expire in September, 2004. Possible outcomes are: “Reauthorization,” i.e. no change in the law. Replacement with a worse law, even to the possibility that production is halted. Expiration of the law. Expiration for only a short time, and then be reauthorization or worse. The AW Ban is a cosmetic law, and we’d all like to own rifles without the blemishes that it established. If the law expires, there’s plenty of time to wait for a new rifle with...