How the AR-15 Became an American Brand(newyorker.com)
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How the AR-15 Became an American Brand
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-the-ar-15-became-an-american-brand
https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/how-the-ar-15-became-an-american-brand
>>> They ... required no particular expertise to shoot or physical strength to carry. They were also deadlier than the rifles that had come before them, which used relatively large bullets that made a straight passage through the body on impact.
...this article is a cheap hit piece.