AN AMERICAN ICON
A true national icon, the AR has become the nexus of American innovation, industrialization, popular culture, and freedom. It’s carried by service members, law enforcement officers, and armed citizens. Uniquely American, no other weapon is as recognizable a symbol of our military might.
The father of America’s rifle is Eugene Stoner. Born November 2, 1922, only a few years after World War I, the inventor of the ArmaLite Rifle grew up in Southern California and worked in the aircraft industry prior to enlisting in the Marine Corps to serve in the South Pacific during World War II. Appropriately enough, he specialized in aircraft ordnance. After the war, Stoner returned to the aircraft industry and became a design engineer with Fairchild
