But if the spirit of the law was a blow to black rifles, the letter of it allowed them to live on and thrive... All they had to do was rejigger their designs to reduce the number of offending features.
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But if the spirit of the law was a blow to black rifles, the letter of it allowed them to live on and thrive... All they had to do was rejigger their designs to reduce the number of offending features.
Source: wiktionary
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