NEW YORK ¨C ¡°Forces of opposition bow down. You are single-handedly outnumbered.¡±
That¡¯s how one advertisement reads for a semi-automatic rifle made by Bushmaster, whose AR-15 is increasingly the gun of choice for America¡¯s mass shooters, including the suspect in Sunday¡¯s massacre at a gay dance club in Orlando, Florida.
¡°Consider your man card reissued,¡± another one reads, the text adjacent to a black AR-15 against a stark white background. The bright red logo of the gun¡¯s maker stands out: a red cobra coiled around a rifle, bearing its fangs.

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