Sebastian Lewandowski was brandishing an Airsoft gun made to look like an AR-15 rifle when he was shot by officers, Vancouver police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

T he Allen mall shooting on May 6 was the 199th mass shooting of 2023, marking the most recent incident in which a gunman chose to use an AR-15 style rifle during the tragic event.. Referred to as ...

The AR-15, developed with the Army in 1956 by the company Armalite, stands for "Armalite rifle," not "automatic rifle," as many think. That would be a misnomer, anyway, because the weapon doesn't ...

The calculation that a .223 round fired from an AR-15 can reach speeds of up to six football fields in a second was made using a 55 grain .223 Remington full metal case round fired at a horizontal ...

The AR-15 semi-automatic rifle is one of the most popular guns in the U.S., and one of the most reviled. It is an emblem of America’s political divisions, beloved by firearm enthusiasts for its ...

What is an AR-15 rifle, and why is it so popular. A similar firearm was used by the Jacksonville, Florida shooter at a Dollar General, officials said.

The semi-automatic rifle has been in wide circulation for more than a half-century. In recent years, gunmen have used AR-15-style weapons to carry out many of the country's worst mass shootings.

The AR-15 has attracted attention for its use in recent mass shootings. But the semi-automatic rifle is used by many American hunters.

Some of the worst massacres in recent memory have had something in common: the AR-15 style rifle. Scott Pelley reports on why the high-velocity rounds used in the gun make it so deadly.

An AR-15 is a semi-automatic or self-loading rifle. According to the NSSF, the Firearm Trade Industry Association , more than 28.1 million modern spo rting rifles, including the AR-15, are ...

An AR-15 is not a specific model, but a style. It's the civilian variation of the ArmaLite AR-15, a variant of the AR-10 designed by Eugene Stoner in the 1950s, that was extremely lightweight ...

Some of the worst massacres in recent memory have had something in common: the AR-15 style rifle. Scott Pelley reports on why the high-velocity rounds used in the gun make it so deadly.