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aemsl69 Member Joined May 2013 Posts 2616 EE 100% (143) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:02:53 PM EDT [#1] RIP, Old soldiers never die, they simply fade away. My prayers to the family.

PBOutdoors Team Member Joined Jan 2009 Posts 5696 EE 100% (53) WI, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:02:56 PM EDT [#2] My deepest sympathies.
	Wicked windy, super far, a buncha mils, send it!

MyrnaTheMinx Joined Aug 2008 Posts 2865 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:02 PM EDT [#3] So sorry to hear this. Way too young. My condolences to his family.

GlocksareGood Herder of flying squirrels Joined Oct 2004 Posts 5402 EE 100% (106) KY, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:04 PM EDT [#4] RIP Ed. Found this place in 2004 like many others looking for their first AR as the ban ended. Great resource and a great site.
	Gaston: Where is my Practical Tactical 45? Guess I should go buy one now....

bradpierson26 Member Joined Dec 2008 Posts 53743 EE 100% (183) CO, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:13 PM EDT [#5] Aw shit, damn RIP
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Bigfoot_Wallace Member Joined Jul 2011 Posts 1168 EE 100% (42) USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:14 PM EDT [#6] My sincerest condolences to you, your family and our community- we are all diminished by his loss.
	-Thanks NOLO -Life Member SAF -Member FPC, WiCarry, Madison Society, VCDL

MrHiggs Called out. Once. Joined Sep 2013 Posts 5466 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:15 PM EDT [#7] Fuck Cancer

1BMF Joined Mar 2003 Posts 7273 EE 100% (33) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:15 PM EDT [#8] Sorry for your loss. RIP, sir.

mongreltude Joined Mar 2010 Posts 10717 EE 100% (9) FL, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:16 PM EDT [#9] Godspeed.

BTccw 2 legs move our bodies 4 legs move our souls Joined Nov 2012 Posts 26666 EE 0% (0) ID, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:23 PM EDT [#10]
	The more I know- the less I understand When guns are outlawed only outlaws will have guns.

deziner75 Member Joined Jul 2010 Posts 900 EE 100% (76) MI, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:25 PM EDT [Last Edit: deziner75] [#11] Rest In Peace brother. Ed helped me personally through immense sadness and loss, and I never met the man. I’ll never forget this and am eternally grateful for his impact on me through this website, one of his many legacies. My deepest sympathies to his family.
	It's hard to beat a person that never gives up. Godspeed my brave little warrior.

woodxdm Member Joined Nov 2013 Posts 3293 EE 100% (5) USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:30 PM EDT [#12] Terrible news. RIP and prayers for his family
	It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1

M4Real Excellent Elite Spanker Joined Feb 2001 Posts 15085 EE 100% (5) FL, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:38 PM EDT [#13] RIP Ed. Thanks for all you have done for our community.
	Welcome to my Underground. Help yourself to guns and ammo.

BrowardMason Recall Northam! Joined Jul 2011 Posts 10011 EE 100% (127) USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:38 PM EDT [#14] RIP Ed. Thank you for creating this awesome place. It has been absolutely life changing for me in many ways. Condolences and respects to the Avilas.
	Recall the racist, fascist Governor of Virginia, Ralph "Blackface Coonman Babykiller" Northam.

1787 Member Joined Jan 2020 Posts 102 EE 100% (5) MO, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:49 PM EDT [#15] My sincere condolences to those he loved and those who loved him.

CalGat Joined Feb 2001 Posts 1096 EE 0% (0) CA, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:49 PM EDT [#16] Rest in peace Ed. Thanks for providing a platform for us to learn, laugh, and be knuckleheads.

Panther1911 Callsign - Mash Joined Aug 2008 Posts 124425 EE 100% (31) IL, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:50 PM EDT [#17] Very sorry to hear. Prayers out for your family
	"Admit nothing, deny everything, make counter-accusations" -mi650 Proud Member of Team Ranstad NRA Tennessee Squire RIP WMD

HeyCoach Arfcom callsign: ROCK HARD Joined May 2014 Posts 13903 EE 100% (12) AL, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:51 PM EDT [#18] F cancer My condolences go out to y’all.
	Women should always wear tight clothes, and men should carry powerful handguns.

johnh57 Member Joined Jan 2013 Posts 10880 EE 100% (7) MT, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:54 PM EDT [#19] Condolences to the Avila family.

wormgod sitting here naked, reading your post Joined Mar 2007 Posts 12987 EE 100% (4) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:54 PM EDT [#20] The earth is a little worse place today
	Some people think I'm over-prepared, paranoid, maybe even a little crazy. But they never met any Precambrian lifeforms, did they. Proud supporter of Team Ranstad Survivor: Arfbortion 2016 Arfcom Callsign: Slingshot

otar Beer, its not just for breakfast anymore. © Joined Apr 2003 Posts 12402 EE 0% (0) NE, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:03:56 PM EDT [#21] RIP Edward
	"Moral of this lesson: Don't get in any gun fights with buffalo hunters. There ain't no such thing as cover." - Old_Painless on the 45-70.

d16man pickin' and grinnin' Joined Feb 2013 Posts 36294 EE 100% (54) SC, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:09 PM EDT [#22] RIP Ed. We may not have you, but that cancer can also no longer hurt anyone else.
	"Some people have issues. Sounds like he signed up for an entire subscription." ~Brohawk Proud member of Team Ranstad. Arfcom callsign: trenchfoot

LasagnaParty Member Joined Dec 2010 Posts 3274 EE 100% (16) MI, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:12 PM EDT [Last Edit: LasagnaParty] [#23] damn, RIP

cjk Member Joined Jan 2006 Posts 4369 EE 100% (33) WI, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:13 PM EDT [#24] Damn.
	"What have you given us Mr. Franklin?" "A Republic, if you can keep it."

JDtalon Intentionally Left Blank Joined Nov 2008 Posts 5663 EE 0% (0) USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:13 PM EDT [#25] My utmost condolences to his family.

Snow318 Time will tell Joined Apr 2009 Posts 623 EE 0% (0) LA, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:15 PM EDT [#26] Mr. Avila has done a lot for the 2nd Amendment and the AR15. Most of what I know about guns, I leaned from this site. I am grateful to you and all that run this site, RIP sir. Thank you all. Sorry for your loss.
	50 rounds a week, whether I need it or not.

GWION Member Joined Aug 2009 Posts 5435 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:24 PM EDT [#27] Rest In Peace

autococker07 Member Joined Apr 2017 Posts 5063 EE 100% (26) FL, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:27 PM EDT [#28] There are no words, but prayers for all of yall he left behind.

mucknuggle Ignoramus Joined Apr 2002 Posts 8794 EE 100% (2) MI, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:27 PM EDT [#29] Rest in Peace, Ed. You left your mark on the world. I'm reminded of some of the final words of "Trailer Park Boys" star John Dunsworth. Despite playing a drunken buffoon, he was a kind, gentle, intelligent man. John Dunsworth final scene \| Jim Lahey Last Words Of Wisdom \| TPB s12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY0trn9BYAQ

RV8guy SPOON! Joined Nov 2008 Posts 16386 EE 100% (4) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:43 PM EDT [#30]
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XJ Winner, 2013 JD Power for best first reply Joined Jul 2004 Posts 12563 EE 100% (11) USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:44 PM EDT [#31] Could a mod/staff please tack this?

NCUrk Member Joined Apr 2011 Posts 5633 EE 100% (2) NC, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:49 PM EDT [#32]
	8404/0000 and proud...

Obo2 Joined Feb 2012 Posts 19133 EE 0% (0) NV, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:53 PM EDT [#33] A great man. Can't say as i've ever even chatted with him here but his legacy of this community of brothers has changed my life in so many ways and I dare say may have saved it as well. Rest easy Ed

NickOTime Member Joined Mar 2014 Posts 3745 EE 100% (36) WI, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:04:57 PM EDT [#34]

ARKAR Joined Mar 2004 Posts 4187 EE 100% (16) AR, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:05 PM EDT [#35] Prayers for family and friends.

Dagger41 Member Joined Sep 2011 Posts 39016 EE 0% (0) FL, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:14 PM EDT [#36] Rest in peace Ed. I feel honored that he responded to my posts a few times, always in kind. Condolences to the Avila family. God Speed Ed.
	It's a strange, strange world we live in, Master Jack

Some_Beach Member Joined Jan 2009 Posts 4037 EE 0% (0) NC, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:24 PM EDT [#37] My deepest condolences

ceetee Jack of all trades, master of none. Joined Jul 2006 Posts 23263 EE 100% (1) GA, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:28 PM EDT [#38] Damn. I hope - hell, I haven't got the right words. I guess I just hope that his life here is long remembered, that his loved ones aren't suffering over much, and that what he did here, what he stood for, makes a difference.
	I just can't fathom the complete and total near-sightedness, ignorance, and bigotry it must take to see things that narrowly. I imagine it's like taking a color-blindness test, and failing. Shit, I can see the "46", why the fuck can't you?

ChrisLe If you need a hug, PM Aimless. Joined Nov 2000 Posts 10767 EE 100% (24) PA, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:28 PM EDT [Last Edit: ChrisLe] [#39] Rest well my brother....
	"You just flipped the safety selector on this thread from "Stupid' to "Full Retard" and started spraying lunacy from the hip in all directions."LoganSackett"

Merrell ARFcom's resident optimist™ Joined Apr 2003 Posts 76204 EE 100% (8) PA, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:32 PM EDT [#40] He fought the good fight. RIP
	Not a lot smarter but another year old...

tortilla-flats ...Sappers IN! Joined Oct 2001 Posts 14623 EE 100% (104) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:33 PM EDT [#41] RIP Prayers and condolences to the family and friends.
	Tom Sawyer.

PA-Minuteman Defender of Freedom Joined Feb 2015 Posts 3354 EE 100% (10) PA, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:34 PM EDT [#42] RIP brother Never knew you but I thank you for everything you did to preserve freedom for all of us. You will NEVER be forgotten
	"Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you." - Thomas Jefferson VCDL Member Volunteer Firefighter/EMT and damn PROUD to be! : Arfcom Callsign "Bucket 2"

TxRabbitBane Fishing > Work Joined Feb 2005 Posts 41523 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:46 PM EDT [Last Edit: TxRabbitBane] [#43] That sucks. Seemed like a good dude. Levantaré un trago para ti, compadre.
	Not fly enough to be halal....

QCMGR

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Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:52 PM EDT

[#44]

Sorry for your loss.....

Ed sent me this once....he was a good man.
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EdAvilaSr
4/29/2003 7:47:02 PM CDT
Hi Mark
Then you are my nephew,so to speak.

I am sorry your dad passed away.

I hope you don't take this as presumptuous on my part,but Vietnam vets often think of each other and talk to each other as if we were truly brothers.

I am sure your father was a better man than me,and therefore I am asking you to forgive me if it ofends you that I take the liberty of thinking of him as a brother.

I also remember that dreadful day that we abandoned our allies to the mercy of our enemy.
It is also the day this great nation, admitted to the world that despite our 58,000 dead,we would not gain our objective.

Notice I did not say they died in vain,because they didn't.It is sad but we must go on.

I am very pleased to see that you post that picture as a tradition,and I would hope,also as a well deserved tribute to your father.

May he rest in peace in the company of his brothers.

"Audemus jura nostra defendere"

Old_Painless The Poster O'Truth Joined Aug 2002 Posts 60770 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:54 PM EDT [#45] I met Ed at the SHOT show a few times. A fine man and a good friend. In a way I envy him. He has now seen our Savior. May God bless the Avila family.
	"I hate rude behavior in a man. I won't tolerate it." - Capt. W. F. Call, Texas Ranger http://www.theboxotruth.com/ Shooting Stuff Is Fun

Gator96 Member Joined Mar 2006 Posts 7266 EE 0% (0) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:57 PM EDT [#46] Rip. Everything in my life is different than it was in 2006 when I joined this site. Thank you for that.

daveo

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Posted: 3/31/2020 10:05:59 PM EDT

[#47]

Originally Posted By GoatBoy:
ARFCOM Founder, Edward Avila, Passed Away Today

https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/1/edward2007-1344372.jpg

Edward passed away today after a long battle with cancer. He fought until the end, sharing his story with the community (in the Team Forum) and hopefully inspiring hope in others. He was ever stoic, honest, and accepting of what life had put before him and he made the most of every moment he was able to cram into his last year. Even at the end, he did not ask for anything, did not complain, did not give in. He went out on his own terms, fighting and stubborn to the last.

I’m having to write this early because I know when the time comes, I wont have the strength to do so. Edward started this site as a mailing list back in 1996 when he left the military. He had a passion for the AR platform, but there simply was no information online about it. It was small back then, about 20 people for the long while, until internet usages and interest began to grow. The mail list quickly became 200+ people and needed a new approach. He enlisted my help and we moved it to a discussion forum format. It has since grown into an amazing community of folks, not just to talk and share firearm information, but to make friendships and look out for one another. ARFCOM changed from a firearm site, to a collection of patriots with a shared love of this country and what our founding fathers died for. His legacy will remain as long as we look out for one another, find the best in ourselves, and never give up on our rights.

Edward's loss is a big one for the community. He was a huge source of knowledge, which he always loved to share. He was a passionate humanitarian and helped so many people because of this site. He was an incredible brother, one of my heroes, and my best friend. He was an amazing father, son, and loving husband. This world, which he leaves behind, will be a less special without him in it.

I could talk for days about Ed and the lives we lived and shared. I could talk about his impact on the world and the legacy he leaves behind. Instead, I invite you to share a memory you may have of Edward. A story, a shared experience, an exchange of ideas, a conversation, anything that made you smile. Let's celebrate him for the things he did and remember a hero of the community. Sharing his memory will allow him to continue to live within each of us. Hopefully this will help his spirit continue to touch other folks and maybe inspire a few to change for the better.

I love ya bro and will miss you more than I can put into words.

Juan

Edward Avila 1971-2020
Veteran of the US Army

Leaves behind a loving wife, a wonderful son, and a grateful family.
Leader of the AR Movement, this website, and a major 2A supporter.
Friend to many in the community and industry.

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@goatboy . Is there anything any of us can do?

00sdime00 Joined Oct 2012 Posts 622 EE 100% (9) AL, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:06:07 PM EDT [#48] RIP

R3L04D I'd rather be hunting Joined Feb 2011 Posts 16570 EE 100% (59) TX, USA	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:06:32 PM EDT [#49] Man this is terrible. I'm so sorry. RIP
	Gun control is like trying to eliminate drunk driving by making it illegal for sober people to own cars

Screechjet1 Welcome to the Boogaloo, I'll be your pilot Joined Sep 2005 Posts 61796 EE 100% (2) BDI	Posted: 3/31/2020 10:06:35 PM EDT [#50] Thanks, Ed, for everything you did. Prayers for the family.
	Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. - Reverend Phillips Brooks

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