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 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 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 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.

USA TODAY reported that an AR-15-style rifle was what the man the Federal Bureau of Investigation identified as Thomas Matthew Crook, 20, was using. CNN reported Sunday that the gun was used to help ...

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.” ...

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.