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Those Deadly, Depressing, Syncopated Semiautomatic Assault Rifle Blues
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Those Deadly, Depressing, Syncopated Semiautomatic Assault Rifle Blues

An Exercise in Calculated Hysteria The semiautomatic rifle has been part of the American scene for nearly a century. In 1903 the Winchester Repeating Arms Company marketed the first commercially successful semiautomatic rifle. It was not designed as a military arm, and no sales were made to the US Army. The new rifle was marketed...