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2023-07-07 12:05:47 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EE4C4A8A5DE5EF64B622AADE253643776D340CDE1937DF3B6AB894B9280EBC22
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The AR-15 was designed by Armalite before US involvement in Vietnam the late 1950’s as an offshoot of the AR-10 design program. The AR-10 and AR-15 were sold to Colt in 1959 which marketed the AR-15 to civilians as early as 1963, before the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incident. https://www.poynter.org/fact-checking/2022/what-is-ar15-rifle-history-of-firearm/ https://soldiersystems.net/2016/06/21/a-1963-colt-ar-15-advertisment/ https://history.state.gov/milestones/1961-1968/gulf-of-tonkin
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