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    ARMING AMERICA

    The politics and paranoia that gave rise to the gun industry
    Apr 24, 2016 3 minutes

    1980

    1980: American gun companies manufacture 5.6 million firearms.

    1981: The Glock, the first pistol with a plastic receiver, is introduced. After fears subside that it could go undetected by X-ray machines, it becomes one of the hottest handguns for police officers and civilians.

    1982: A “handgun freeze” proposition in California is defeated following a $5 million NRA campaign funded by gun companies, including Sturm Ruger and Smith & Wesson.

    1990

    COLT FIRST INTRODUCED A CIVILIAN MODEL OF ITS MILITARY AR-15/M16 RIFLE

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