Covering Guns

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How AK-47 and AR-17 Came to be Weapons of Choice

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The New York Times took a deep dive with this thoughtful and thorough story on the history of two of the most hotly debated weapons of our times. Both have become widely deployed in warfare by all sides.

How did they become the weapons of choice and the center of controversy in civilian killings?

 

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