For more reading, here is a Congressional report on the sale of those weapons and the resulting blowback<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Riegle_Report" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Riegle_Report</a>