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  2. AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

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    A common misconception is that "AR" is an abbreviation for "assault rifle" or "automatic rifle", [13] [14] [15] perhaps because of the weapon's inclusion in the Federal Assault Weapons Ban in 1994, or because the ArmaLite AR-15 was originally designed to replace the M14 rifle in the Vietnam War.

  3. List of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants - Wikipedia

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    The tables here are split into a variety of categories and provide an overview of different subtypes. For purposes of these tables, bold model numbers are weapons used (or previously used) by the U.S. Military while italic model numbers are weapons for commercial or export sale.

  4. M16 rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Mk 4 Mod 0 was a variant of the M16A1 produced for the U.S. Navy SEALs during the Vietnam War and adopted in April 1970. It differed from the basic M16A1 primarily in being optimized for maritime operations and coming equipped with a sound suppressor.

  5. PolitiFact: The history of the AR-15, and how it became a ...

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    An AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle was used in more than a dozen high-profile mass shootings in the past decade.

  6. Colt AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    The Colt AR-15 is a product line of magazine-fed, gas-operated, autoloading rifle manufactured by Colt's Manufacturing Company ("Colt") in many configurations. [1] The rifle is a derivative of its predecessor, the lightweight ArmaLite AR-15, an automatic rifle designed by Eugene Stoner and other engineers at ArmaLite in 1956.

  7. Colt Automatic Rifle - Wikipedia

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    It is one of many squad automatic weapon-type firearms that have been developed from the Armalite AR-15 that use the Stoner bolt and carrier piston system. [2] The family name was derived from the original AR-15 by adding "Colt", resulting in the CAR-15, to stand for Colt Automatic Rifle, even though the "AR" in AR-15 stands for Armalite Rifle ...

  8. Biden admits he might not have lasted another term if he'd ...

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    Multiple media reports, including from the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, have included interviews with current and former White House staffers who expressed serious doubts over the ...

  9. Hospitals gave patients meds during childbirth, then reported ...

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    Leading medical groups advise hospitals to use questionnaires instead of universal drug tests. But hospital drug testing — and reporting — of labor and delivery patients remains ubiquitous.