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[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 months ago (1 children)

hunting human rifles.

let's be honest, it was designed as a lightweight emergency carbine made of space aged materials. 60 years later we're arguing if the founding fathers meant bump stocks and cmags when they said well regulated militia.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

lightweight emergency carbine

Huh, was it? So the platform wasn't designed as a main infantry weapon?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Not initially. went through tons of growth after the AR-10 was designed.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ArmaLite

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago