An Illinois gunmaker is again advertising its AR-15 rifle for kids, called the "JR-15." The gun sparked widespread condemnation when Wee 1 Tactical first unveiled it last year. A company ...

external AR-15-style rifles legally owned in the US today. The rifle has become one of the most recognisable guns in America. Its silhouette is plastered on coffee, hats, flags and bumper stickers.

Trade shows did not allow the display or advertisement of tactical gear like that worn by the Uvalde and Buffalo shooters, who both used AR-15-type rifles to carry out those atrocities.

At a gun expo in Las Vegas last January, Eric Schmid, the founder of WEE1 Tactical, demonstrated his company’s first offering: the JR-15, a play on the popular AR-15 assault rifle designed to ...