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100 1  McWhirter, Cameron,|eauthor. 
245 10 American gun :|bthe true story of the AR-15 /|cCameron 
       McWhirter and Zusha Elinson. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bFarrar, Straus and Giroux,|c[2023] 
264  4 |c©2023 
300    xiii, 473 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0  A note about names -- Prologue: ten minutes, 1057 bullets 
       -- The boy who like explosions -- Men against fire -- The 
       rifleman -- Hollywood moon shot -- Springfield's rifle -- 
       The space-age gun is born -- The bureaucracy strikes back 
       -- Hunting big game -- The spy who saved stoner's rifle --
       'Brave soldiers and the M16' -- 'Tragedy and betrayal' -- 
       'Borders on criminal negligence' -- The sporter -- Big 
       guns come in -- Bush ban -- Three senators -- The end of 
       compromise -- Bad boys -- A precise request -- AR-15 takes
       off -- Here come the hedge funds -- The man card -- 'I'm a
       killer I guess' -- 'You woudn't understand' -- Molon labe 
       -- Trump slump -- Burning boots -- Lockdown nation -- Come
       and take it nation -- Beyond the talking points -- 'Are 
       any residents safe in this country anywhere?' -- Valerie's
       road home -- Postscript: what would stoner do? -- Notes --
       Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 
520    "The epic history of the AR-15 rifle, America's most 
       controversial weapon"--|cProvided by publisher. 
520    In the 1950s an obsessive firearms designer named Eugene 
       Stoner invented the AR-15 rifle in a California garage. He
       sought to devise a lightweight, easy-to-use weapon that 
       could replace the M1s touted by soldiers in World War II. 
       What he did create was a lethal handheld icon of the 
       American century. McWhirter and Elinson track the AR-15 
       from inception to ubiquity. How did the same gun represent
       the essence of freedom to millions of Americans and the 
       essence of evil to millions more? Shunned by gun owners at
       first, the rifle's popularity would take off thanks to a 
       renegade band of small-time gun makers. By the 2000s it 
       would become the weapon of choice for mass shooters, 
       prompting widespread calls for proscription even as the 
       gun industry embraced it as a financial savior. The book 
       is a moral history of contemporary America's love affair 
       with technology, freedom, and weaponry. -- adapted from 
       jacket 
650  0 Semi-automatic rifles|xHistory. 
650  0 Assault weapons|xHistory. 
650  0 AR-15 rifle|xHistory. 
650  0 Gun control|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  0 Firearms and crime|zUnited States|xHistory. 
650  7 HISTORY / Military / Weapons.|2bisacsh 
650  7 HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.|2bisacsh 
650  7 POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Military Policy.
       |2bisacsh 
650  7 Rifles.|2sears 
655  7 Informational works.|2lcgft 
700 1  Elinson, Zusha,|d1980-|eauthor. 
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