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Line 9: ==Terminology== [[File:1973 Colt AR15 SP1.jpg\|right\|thumb\|1973 [[Colt's Manufacturing Company\|Colt]] AR-15 SP1 rifle with 'slab side' lower receiver (lacking raised boss around magazine release button) and original Colt 20-round [[box magazine]]]] In 1956, [[ArmaLite]] designed a lightweight [[assault rifle]]<!--ArmaLite model was an assault rifle, Colt model was not--> for military use and designated it the [[ArmaLite AR-15\|ArmaLite Rifle-15]], or AR-15.<ref>{{cite web\|title=ArmaLite History: 1955-1959\|url=https://www.armalite.com/history/\|accessdate=22 February 2018}}</ref><ref name="Bartocci_7/16/2012">{{cite web \| last=Bartocci \| first=Christopher R. \| title=The AR-15/M16: The rifle that was never supposed to be \| website=Gun Digest \| date=July 16, 2012 \| url=https://gundigest.com/reviews/the-ar-16m16-the-rifle-that-was-never-supposed-to-be \| access-date=March 18, 2018 \| quote=These are two of the main reasons why the AR-15/M16-series rifles are considered the finest human-engineered assault rifles in the world. }}</ref><ref name="Bocetta_3/15/2018">{{cite web \| last=Bocetta \| first=Sam \| title=The Complete History of the AR-15 Rifle \| website=Small Wars Journal \| date=March 15, 2018 \| url=http://smallwarsjournal.com/jrnl/art/the-complete-history-of-the-ar-15-rifle \| access-date=March 18, 2018 \| quote=The ArmaLite 15 is a classic assault rifle....Ironically enough, the AR-15 fits both of these descriptions [assault rifle and assault weapon]: it's a military style rifle that was illegal during the 1994 ''Federal Assault Weapons Ban''. }}</ref> Due to financial problems, and limitations in terms of manpower and production capacity, ArmaLite sold the design and the AR-15 [[trademark]] along with the [[ArmaLite AR-10]] to [[Colt's Manufacturing Company]] in 1959.<ref name=gundigest>{{cite web\|url=http://www.gundigest.com/article/the-ar-16m16-the-rifle-that-was-never-supposed-to-be \|title=AR-15/M16: The Rifle That Was Never Supposed to Be \|publisher=Gun Digest \|last=Bartocci \|first=Christopher R. \|date=July 16, 2012 \|accessdate=May 24, 2017}}</ref> In 1964, Colt began selling its own version with an improved [[Semi-automatic rifle\|semi-automatic]] design known as the [[Colt AR-15]].<ref name=marriage>{{cite journal \|author= Bob Hutton & Bob Forker \|title= A Beautiful Marriage: .223 Remington and Colt's AR-15 'Sporter' \|url= \|journal= Guns & Ammo \|location= \|publisher= \|date= October 1964\|access-date= }}</ref> After Colt's patents expired in 1977, an active marketplace emerged for other manufacturers to produce and sell their own semi-automatic AR-15 style rifles.<ref name=Zimba /> In 2009, the term "modern sporting rifle" was coined by the [[National Shooting Sports Foundation]] for its survey that year as a marketing term used by the firearms industry to describe [[Modular weapon system\|modular]] semi-automatic rifles including AR-15s.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.nssf.org/NewsRoom/releases/show.cfm?PR=041910.cfm&path=2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425014123/https://www.nssf.org/NewsRoom/releases/show.cfm?PR=041910.cfm&path=2010\|dead-url=yes\|archive-date=2010-04-25\|title=Modern Sporting Rifle Owners Are Most Active Shooters, Says NSSF/Responsive Management Survey\|last=\|first=\|date=2010-04-19\|website=National Shooting Sports Foundation\|access-date=2018-02-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/crime/2016/06/the_sig_sauer_mcx_used_in_orlando_is_a_modern_sporting_rifle_not_an_assault.html\|title=Omar Mateen Had a "Modern Sporting Rifle"\|last=Peters\|first=Justin\|date=2016-06-14\|work=Slate\|access-date=2018-02-16\|language=en-US\|issn=1091-2339}}</ref><ref name="OutdoorWireLuthRetires">{{cite web\|title=DPMS Founder and President Retires\|url=http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/story/1260775574jux81fpyv51\|publisher=The Outdoor Wire Digital Network\|date=14 December 2009\|accessdate=16 August 2013\|quote=Luth's quest to introduce the hunting market to the AR platform was recognized in January 2009 when he was named to the Outdoor Life's OL-25, and later chosen by online voters as the OL-25 "Reader's Choice" recipient. The recent campaign by the NSSF to educate hunters everywhere about the "modern sporting rifle" can be directly attributed to Luth's push to make AR rifles acceptable firearms in the field, the woods and on the range.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nssf.org/msr/\|title=Modern Sporting Rifle - AR-15 platform-based rifles\|work=NSSF\|access-date=2018-02-16\|language=en-US}}</ref> Today, nearly every major firearm manufacturer produces its own generic AR-15 style rifle.<ref>{{cite news \|title=American Rifle: A Biography of the AR-15 \|publisher=[[Talking Points Memo]] \|first=Reed \|last=Richardson \|date=July 12, 2016 \|url=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/longform/american-rifle-ar-15-biography \|accessdate=March 28, 2017 \|quote=Fueled by this “Obama effect” — his reelection in 2012 coincided with the best month for gun sales in decades — every mainline gun manufacturer now sells an AR-15 model.}}</ref><ref name="OutdoorWireLuthRetires"/> As Colt continues to own and use the AR-15 trademark for its line of [[List of Colt AR-15 & M16 rifle variants\|AR-15 variants]], other manufacturers must use their own model numbers and names to market their AR-15 style rifles for commercial sale.<ref>{{cite web\|title=AR-15 - Trademark Details\|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/722/53/ar-72253092.html\|website=JUSTIA Trademarks\|accessdate=27 February 2018}}</ref>