Historical and legal history of America's Rifle: AR-15

[DougC]

Four Boxes Diner provides an interview with the author of America's Rifle: The AR-15 "... a major new historical account of the technology and law that developed around what has become America's favorite semi-automatic rifle. Historian and Constitutional Attorney Stephen Halbrook tells this powerful history in his newest work and scholarly contribution to the Second Amendment's right to keep and bear arms."

 

[red442joe]

Sounds like a good read.

Joe

 

[DougC]

From the Military Arms Channel discusses facts and myths about the AR-15 which became the M-16. On a personal note as a Marine in 1960s-70s my first and brief encounter with the M-16 was at The Basic School as new 2dLT. The prior two years had mostly been with the M-14 and few months with M-1 at ITR. So off to Vietnam where I heard all the awful tales about the M-16 and told to not repeat them. Yes, there was a lack of cleaning equipment and proper maintenance instruction in-county. The rifle got better in 1968 with chrome chamber/barrel and cleaning equipment.

So those interested in a historical review of the rifle and how it has not changed that much you can better understand America's battle rifle for decades.