American gun: the true story of the AR-15

A note about names

Prologue: ten minutes, 1057 bullets

The boy who like explosions

Men against fire

The rifleman

Hollywood moon shot

Springfield's rifle

The space-age gun is born

The bureaucracy strikes back

Hunting big game

The spy who saved Stoner's rifle

'Brave soldiers and the M16'

'Tragedy and betrayal'

'Borders on criminal negligence'

The sporter

Big guns come in

Bush ban

Three senators

The end of compromise

Bad boys

A precise request

AR-15 takes off

Here come the hedge funds

The man card

'I'm a killer I guess'

'You woudn't understand'

Molon labe

Trump slump

Burning boots

Lockdown nation

Come and take it nation

Beyond the talking points

'Are any residents safe in this country anywhere?'

Valerie's road home

Postscript: what would Stoner do?

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index.