ArmaLite originally marketed the AR-15 to the military, but was unsuccessful, leading the company to sell the patent to manufacturing company Colt in 1963, according to Metesh. The rifle was ...

The Colt AR-15 looked more like a laser blaster than dad’s trusty rifle when it hit the market in 1964. It was made from aluminum and plastic, not the heavier metals and wood used in traditional ...

Colt Gray was pictured with blood on his face, posing with the same type of AR-15 rifle he used to slaughter four and injure nine on Wednesday. His father posted the photos and branded the ...

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 M-16 had issues jamming at first ...

It's increasingly clear that the AR-15, like the Russian AK-47 among Third-World revolutionaries before it, has become more than just a gun. It's a political symbol. The question is, why?

Colt's patent for the AR-15 expired in 1977. After that, other firearms manufacturers - such as Remington, Smith & Wesson and Ruger - began producing their own versions. Colt still holds the ...

The weapon, an AR ... 15, a variant of the AR-10 designed by Eugene Stoner in the 1950s, that was extremely lightweight, easy to care for and highly adaptable. ArmaLite sold the patent to Colt ...

A civilian version of the AR-15 was slow to catch on in popularity, however. From 1964 to 1973, Colt never made more than five thousand AR-15s a year (in a country whose population in 1968 owned ...

Sheridan's decision in ANJRPC v. Platkin focuses on the Colt AR-15, one of the specifically banned rifles, because it was the model mentioned most frequently by the plaintiffs and the state.

The judge’s ruling was limited in scope — it applies only to one type of firearm, the Colt AR-15, and allows “for use of self-defense within the home.” It marks the latest clawback of New ...