M16

Here's how the polarizing M16 or AR-15 rifle went from a symbol of America's lost war in Vietnam to being owned by about 16 million Americans in 70 years

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Reporter Betsy Halstead stands on the bed of a truck holding an M16 automatic rifle
Reporter Betsy Halstead learns how to fire an M16 automatic rifle during the Vietnam War in 1965.

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