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Colt ends public sales of the AR-15, but gun-control advocates shouldn't celebrate

  • Written by Paul M. Barrett, Deputy Director, Center for Business and Human Rights, Stern School of Business; Adjunct Professor of Law, New York University
A Colt AR-15 from 1973.Steelerdon/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY

When the Colt gun manufacturing corporation announced in September that it would stop producing its AR-15 semiautomatic rifle for sale to the general public – to focus on handguns and military production – some gun-control advocates declared victory, saying the move would help...

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