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Focus – The man who tried to kill the former US president used an AR-15, or M16, automatic rifle. Firearms are at the heart of the debate over gun ownership in America.
Republicans have always been staunch defenders of the Second Amendment, which guarantees Americans the right to bear arms. Surprisingly, the man who tried to kill the former president of the United States yesterday at a rally in Pennsylvania used an AR-15 automatic rifle. A firearm is one of the most controversial weapons in the United States, used in a large number of mass murders. Joe Biden also called on Tuesday July 16 to ban this type of weapon.
Donald Trump suffered a minor ear injury, but one person in the crowd died and two others were seriously injured. The killer was immediately shot dead. An AR-556, an AR-15 style rifle, was found near his body. With a low price of about $350, it is the best selling gun in the country.
The AR-15 was designed in Los Angeles in the 1950s for the ArmaLite company, referred to by the acronym “AR”. In 1959, they sold the rights to Colt who produced the rifle for the United States Army and renamed it the “M16”, a name well known to everyone. His development in civilian life did not occur until much later. Police have used the AR-15 in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. In 2004, the assault weapons ban was lifted and AR-15 sales increased.
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About 25 million AR-15s in the United States
As of 2020, research by the National Shooting Sports Foundation estimates that there are currently 24.4 million AR-15s in civilian circulation in the United States. A Georgetown University study conducted in 2021 on gun owners gave more or less the same figures. Note that many hunters use it. According to a study conducted by the Washington Post15% of its owners say they use it on targets and 12% for hunting.
This weapon has become a symbol of the debate over firearms in the United States. For supporters of the policy, it is the preferred weapon of gun criminals. In fact, it has been used in a large number of shootings in recent years: Uvalde in 2022, Parkland in 2018, Las Vegas in 2017, Orlando in 2016, or in the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting in 2012 Two-thirds of Americans said they were in favor of stricter regulation of this right according to a poll. USA Today/Ips of 2021.
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Icon of the gun debate
For fans of the Second Amendment, it is also a symbol of the freedom to bear arms. In 2023, Republican officials voted, for example, to provoke the anger of their Democratic enemies by displaying a pin in the shape of an AR-15 in Congress. Furthermore, strategic efforts are systematically opposed to the power of the arm lobby. The outgoing president Joe Biden, however, managed to force sellers to verify the profiles of buyers from 2022. In some states, the sale of semi-automatic rifles is prohibited for those who under 21 years of age.
Last year, the sale of the JR-15, a rifle designed specifically for children based on the AR-15 model, provoked the anger of groups that favor firearms regulation. The WEE1 Tactical manufacturing company notes on its site that it is “the first of many firearms that will help adults introduce children to the sport of shooting safely“. He mentioned a gun.like shooting mother and father».
For its part, the Newtown Action Alliance has criticized the images used by the manufacturer to attract young customers: a pirate skull with an Iroquois haircut for boys and blond pigs for girls, a pacifier in their mouth. In 2021, firearms will cause 45,000 deaths in the United States, including 24,000 suicides, according to the Gun Violence Archive organization. It is over one thousand and five hundred[1,500]miners were killed.
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