Washington Post editor flamed for claiming the AR-15 rifle was ‘invented for’ the Nazis

[Reptile]

It was reported the Texas shooter used an AR-15 rifle during Tuesday's school shooting​

Piling on the gun control debate being waged in the wake of the horrific school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Washington Post senior editor Marc Fisher asserted on Twitter Thursday that the AR-15 rifle is a descendant of Nazi weaponry.

It seemed his point was to attach even more menace to the weapon liberals fear and want regulated. However, Twitter users were not buying Fisher’s post.

Fisher tweeted an article he wrote in 2018 about the AR-15 rifle while saying, "Invented for Nazi infantrymen, further developed by the US military, the AR-15 was the Texas school shooter’s weapon of choice…."

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Washington Post editor flamed for claiming the AR-15 rifle was ‘invented for’ the Nazis

After the Texas school shooting, Washington Post senior editor Marc Fisher tried to link popular American rifle the AR-15 to Nazi-era weaponry.

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[AaronT]

I would guess that the editor was assuming that the lineage of the "assault rifle" is the same as the lineage of the TERM "assault rifle." Since the STG44, the first select fire rifle was developed by and for the Nazi German Army.

Sturmgewehr: The StG44 Was the First Assault Rifle

StG44 or Sturmgewehr: The world's first assault rifle has had a lasting legacy beyond its influence on other weapons like the AR-15.

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[DispositionMatrix]

Meh. One could argue both the AR-pattern and AK-pattern rifles were derivative of the Sturmgewehr 44, but both of the former are very far removed from the latter. Stoner's direct impingement was most definitely not part of the StG 44 recipe. The WaPo editor is catering to the publication's firearm prohibitionist readership.
StG 44 - Wikipedia

 

[nstassel]

AR = AsSAulT rIfLe

 

[FisherTech]

Keep repeating a lie often, until it becomes believed as the truth. Gee!! Talk about Nazi origins.

 

[VetteGirlMA]

AR = AsSAulT rIfLe

Wow I thought AR stood for: Awesome Rifle.

 

[MaroonedinMA]

Wow I thought AR stood for: Awesome Rifle.

Think it stands for "Any Rifle" these days.

 

[CRSIII]

AR = AsSAulT rIfLe

I guess you know that many people think just that.

 

[ReluctantDecoy]

lol....even this guy's own target audience were on his ass over that tweet.


View: https://twitter.com/CombatCavScout/status/1529801526423834626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

 

[Dennis in MA]

I'm sure ComborkCavScout is 100% against anyone owning an AR, but he should get special dispensation because of his incredible awesomeness. Frickin fascists.