"The National Rifle Association founded its case for the AR-15 and other military-styled rifles not on the invention of some new sport, but on overt bigotry, racism, and paranoia. NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre was insistent upon it. The magazines leaned heavily on courting a specific new kind of gun owner, one whose need for self-defense had escalated from needing to defend against a lone burglar to needing to defend against:
• Organized terrorist attacks in or near your neighborhood
• "Urban" looters invading your town en masse after a natural disaster or "race riots"
[=> See Kyle Rittenhouse etc]
• The United States government itself."
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2023/3/28/2160570/-The-Washington-Post-s-history-of-the-AR-15-dodges-gun-industry-s-embrace-of-far-right-militia-themes