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Why the AR-15 rifle is here to stay,
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On Gun Control and Collective Rights

The firearm as emblem of personal sovereignty

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How to Make Your Own AR-15

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Gary Greenberg’s “Manufacturing Depression” (2007)

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“During the early 1990s, farmers throughout the Great Plains began to notice a decline in their wells. Irrigation systems from the Dakotas to Texas dipped, and, in some places, have been abandoned entirely.”

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