Sebastian Lewandowski was brandishing an Airsoft gun made to look like an AR-15 rifle when he was shot by officers, Vancouver police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

I n the wake of the Orlando shooting that left 49 victims dead, the family of the inventor of the AR-15 rifle says that the gun was not intended for civilian use but for military purposes. “Our ...

The AR-15 is the most popular rifle in America, and rightfully so. There’s a lot to like about the design, but don’t overlook other options just because they aren’t an AR-15.

The JR-15 is a .22 caliber rifle, meaning it takes bullets of a .22-inch diameter; .22 caliber rifles are common as starter rifles because their shots are slightly slower than the cartridges used ...

There was no commercially available civilian version of the AR-15 prior to the U.S. Military's decision to make it the default military rifle replacing the M-14, and designating it as the M16A1.

The semi-automatic rifle has been in wide circulation for more than a half-century. In recent years, gunmen have used AR-15-style weapons to carry out many of the country's worst mass shootings.