The Ruger AR-556 is a type of AR-15, the military-style rifle that has been used in many other mass shootings. The pistol version is essentially the same weapon as the rifle but with a shorter 10. ...

AR-15-style pistols have much shorter barrels than typical rifles. For example, Ruger’s AR-556 pistol models have barrels between 9.5 and 10.5 inches , or about half-a-foot shorter than its ...

While some folks have written off the AR-15 pistol as nothing more than a range toy, others have chosen this semi-automatic pistol platform to serve as a primary or secondary defensive option.

New AR-15 rifles can sell for $400 to $2,000 and nearly every major gun manufacturer produces one. Ammunition is inexpensive and can be bought in bulk online, and magazines are interchangeable ...

Of the 23 guns, several AR-15 rifles were found in his hotel room with a bump stock attached. Following this shooting, President Donald Trump banned bump stocks , but the Supreme Court struck the ...

Omar Mateen, the Orlando shooter, used an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle and a 9 mm semi-automatic pistol to kill 49 people at the Pulse nightclub Sunday. The… ...

Of the 23 guns, several AR-15 rifles were found in his hotel room with a bump stock attached. Following this shooting, President Donald Trump banned bump stocks , but the Supreme Court struck the ...

Close-up of AR-15 rifle and magazines with ammo. Credit: JavaDuke/Adobe Stock By a narrow vote, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned down an appeal challenging the constitutionality of a state ...

The Washington State house approved a sweeping bill that would ban the sale of assault weapons, including entire classes of guns such as popular AR-15 and AK-47 models.

A man using a stabilizing brace on an AR-15 pistol killed 10 people at a grocery store in Boulder, Colorado. Another used one at a school in Nashville, Tennessee that killed three 9-year-old ...

AR pistols must now be registered: ... Hundreds of thousands of Americans own a firearm known as an AR-style pistol, which is modeled after popular semi-automatic rifles like the AR-15 and AK-47.