On November 22‚ 1718‚ the pirate who went by the name Blackbeard was killed off the coast of North Carolina. — Today is also remembered as the birthday of the late Eugene M. Stoner. (Born 1922‚ died April 24‚ 1997.) He was the designer of the AR-7‚ AR-10‚ AR-15‚ AR-180‚ the Stoner 63‚ and several other firearms. (The AR-10 was the basis of the AR-15 which in turn spawned the very widely used M16 and all of its variants including the M4 Carbine.) It has been estimated that as 17 million rifles from the AR-15 family are owned by civilians … The post Preparedness Notes for Friday — November 24‚ 2023 appeared first on SurvivalBlog.com.