Because AR-15-style rifles are so versatile, with the ability to add scopes and change both the length and size of the barrel, they became a desirable weapon for many Americans, especially people ...

AR-15-style rifles, which cover a range of semiautomatic firearms inspired by military weapons, have become a recurring feature of mass shootings in the U.S. Banned by then-President Bill Clinton ...

AR-15-style rifles were also used at the shootings at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida; at an employee training in San Bernardino, California, and at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown ...

AR-15-style semiautomatic weapons are considered to be civilian versions of military weapons that gun control advocates say aren't very different. Its original military design dates back to the 1950s.

AR-15 rifles are displayed at an exhibition booth during the National Rifle Association’s annual convention in Dallas on May 18, 2024. [Photo: Reuters/Carlos Barria/File Photo] ...

The AR-15 rifle has grown in popularity in recent years as surveys find it is in more and more households. A 2022 Washington Post survey found that about 20% of gun owners had an AR-15 rifle in ...

These AR-15 style rifles were banned between 1994 and 2004. Once the ban was lifted, marketing and sales skyrocketed. There were ads aimed at women with a pink-hued “muddy girl camo.” ...

Selling AR-15-style rifles is now banned in 9 states By Mike Baker and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs New York Times, Updated April 26, 2023, 4:52 p.m.

Madison County schools in North Carolina will have AR-15 rifles locked up in safes. (AP) "In the event we have someone barricaded in a door, we won't have to wait on the fire department," Harwood ...

Debates around gun control often focus on AR-15-style rifles There have been at least 208 mass shootings in the U.S. this year, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

A 2022 Washington Post survey found that about 20% of gun owners had an AR-15 rifle in their arsenal. But the rise in the rifle’s popularity has also come amid a rise in its usage in mass shootings.