Comments by "LRRPFco52" (@LRRPFco52) on "Colion Noir"
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The culture of ownership of military or military-style firearms dates back to before the founding of the US, and continues throughout its history. For AR-15s, some returning Vietnam veterans purchased Colt SP-1s, along with other surplus and sporting firearms that generally have military designs in their pedigree.
During the 1980s, action movies and TV shows made certain firearms interesting to buyers, and were quite popular. These included the AR-15, Mini-14, M1A, Hk91, Hk94, Hk33, FAL, Valmet M76, Maadi AK, Uzi, etc.
California tried passing an “Assault Weapons” ban and finally succeeded in 1989, which caused a buying frenzy of soon-to-be-banned firearms, including all the ones mentioned above. It sent a bit of a buying trend throughout other States who saw the writing on the wall. Under Bill Clinton, that CA AWB was incorporated into a Crime Bill in 1994, which made the buying panic Nation-wide.
During the 10 years of the Clinton AWB, people bought neutered versions of AR-15s, AKs, Mini-14s, and other designs without flash hiders, folding or telescoping stocks, and limited magazine capacity. The ban expired in 2004, 3 years after 9/11, which created its own buying trends. The 2000s saw increased sales of AR-15s especially, along with handguns because people figured Congress and an anti-freedom President would return some day, so buy everything you can while you can so you have something to pass on to your kids and grandkids to defend themselves.
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