After Colt's patent ran out, other manufacturers began making their own versions. What does AR-15 stand for? AR stands for ArmaLite Rifle, named after the company that developed it.

Sheridan, a senior judge who was appointed to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey by George W. Bush in 2005, repeatedly refers specifically to "the Colt AR-15." ...

Georgia school shooting suspect smuggled gun in backpack, investigators say The new details about Colt Gray’s movements came as his father, also charged in the case, asked to be held in ...

Four years later, the U.S. military selected Colt to manufacture a standard-issue model of the AR-15 — dubbed the M-16 — for soldiers in the Vietnam War.

The state's assault weapons ban dates to 1990 and includes various other weapons, but Sheridan focused on the Colt AR-15, citing the plaintiffs' concentration on that weapon in their court filings ...

That means, for now, that New Jersey’s ban on rifles similar to the Colt AR-15 is still fair game. Sheridan’s Tuesday ruling comes after the Bruen decision — which has been viewed as a massive ...

New Jersey's ban on the AR-15 rifle is unconstitutional, but the state's cap on magazines over 10 rounds passes constitutional muster, a federal judge said Tuesday. U.S. District Judge Peter ...

ArmaLite eventually sold the rights to Stoner’s AR-15 to the Colt Firearm Company; after a fair bit of rejection and political infighting, the U.S. military adopted the gun, rebranded the M16 ...