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Word: sporter (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...makers of Colt firearms have introduced the Sporter, an assault rifle that resembles the AR-15, which was withdrawn after adverse publicity a year...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 »

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