Weapons firm ceases bible reference printing on gun sights

An American defence contractor said today it would stop stamping bible references on combat rifle sights sold to the US Army and Marines and the Australian and New Zealand military.

Fri, 22 Jan, 2010 - 09:54

An American defence contractor said today it would stop stamping bible references on combat rifle sights sold to the US Army and Marines and the Australian and New Zealand military.

In Britain, the Ministry of Defence had bought 400 of the sights for the Army's Sharpshooter assault rifle, unaware of the biblical references.

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