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...girding for guerrilla-style warfare against his own government. He's got a 9-mm semiautomatic pistol strapped to his hip, a wad of emergency cash and enough ammunition to fight a small battle. In the back of his battered Chevy Silverado, he packs a green .223-cal. Sporter assault rifle, a $200 Kevlar helmet, a CB radio, walkie-talkies, camouflage uniforms and 15 days of provisions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Threat from the Patriot Movement | 3/29/2010 | See Source »

...preserve 1,000 local jobs, state treasurer Francisco Borges said last month that Connecticut would participate in the buyout of Colt Firearms by purchasing a 47% stake in the company for $25 million. But the state has bought into a moral dilemma. Next month Colt will begin producing the Sporter, a gun similar to the AR-15, an assault rifle the company quit producing because of its use by drug traffickers. Colt contends that the Sporter will not be fully automatic, and therefore is not an assault rifle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FIREARMS: Don't Touch That Gun | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

...makers of Colt firearms have introduced the Sporter, an assault rifle that resembles the AR-15, which was withdrawn after adverse publicity a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outrage of the Week | 4/30/1990 | See Source »

Michael Shinagel, the director of the Summer School, is the man in charge. He is responsible more than anyone else for what you like and dislike about your stay here. In his forties, Shinagel is a former English professor, confessed sybarite, and moustache-sporter...

Author: By Wyatt Emmerich, | Title: Summer School Poobahs Fit Classic Harvard Mold | 6/25/1979 | See Source »

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