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Blah, blah, blah. I am glad that you imparted this wisdom to us. They do exist. They bought the rights to the name and other pertinent data from the holder of said items. Based on what you say, Colt is not Colt, S&W is not S&W, etc. Many gun makers have been bought and sold at one time or another.
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That is the kind of nonsense that perpetuates the fraud and myth that the current ArmaLite has anything to do with the original other than sharing a common name. The ArmaLite that gave us the AR15 no longer exists and hasn't for decades. Eagle Arms simply purchased the ArmaLite name with which to remark their existing product for use in a cleverly deceptive marketing scheme. That they and some of their customers continue to mislead by deliberately blurring the line between themselves and the original doesn't speak well for their honesty and ethics.
This is not at all like the transfers of ownership of Colt, S&W, Winchester, and myriad other companies wherein not just the right to a simple name was sold and bought but proprietery data, trademark product names, product service/warranty, employees, tooling, manufacturing facilities, an unbroken line of production, and the company archives/historical data were included in and completed the sale package.
We can all agree that AR does indeed stand for ArmaLite. Not a rebadged Eagle Arms.
I'm sure we'll now be treated to your return to an erroneous, misguided rant about Colt as your signature line. [;)]