The gun was an M16 A1 rifle, manufactured in the United States in 1967. A .22 calibre, gas operated, magazine semi-automatic rifle, with automatic fire. It had been shipped out to Vietnam in 1968 and before returning four years later it had killed 23 north Vietnamese soldiers, 11 Viet-con guerillas, 2 peasant farmers, 3 women and a six month old baby. The list went on, and on, and on...