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  2. AR-15–style rifle - Wikipedia

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    Rifles styled like the AR-15 come in many sizes and have many options, depending on the manufacturer. The lower receiver, without the receiver extension, rear takedown pin, and buttstock, is shown at bottom. An AR-15–style rifle is a lightweight semi-automatic rifle based on or similar to the Colt AR-15 design.

  3. ArmaLite AR-15 - Wikipedia

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    The Armalite AR-15 is the parent of a variety of Colt AR-15 and M16 rifle variants. History After World War II, the United States military started looking for a single automatic rifle to replace the M1 Garand , M1/M2 Carbines , M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle , M3 "Grease Gun" and Thompson submachine gun .

  4. 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.

  5. Apalachee shooter used an AR-15. Why are these weapons ... - AOL

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    Why do so many mass shooters use AR-15s? Partly because so many Americans have them, partly because they're designed to be easy, cheap and effective. Apalachee shooter used an AR-15.

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

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    ArmaLite AR-15 with the charging handle located on top of the upper receiver, protected within the carrying handle and a 25-round magazine. 1973 Colt AR-15 SP1 rifle with "slab side" lower receiver (lacking raised boss around magazine release button) and original Colt 20-round magazine.

  7. How easy is it to buy an AR-15 rifle in the state of Texas ...

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    A year ago, the 18-year-old shooter who killed 19 students and two teachers at a Uvalde elementary school used two AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles. Salvador Ramos had posted photos of both guns ...

  8. Colt Automatic Rifle - Wikipedia

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    The Colt Automatic Rifle or Colt Light Machine Gun is a 5.56 mm NATO, open-bolt, full-automatic-only firearm developed by Colt Defense. It is based on the M16A2/A4 , and has a distinctive squared-off handguard, vertical grip, carrying handle and integrated bipod.

  9. Trump shot with AR-15-style gun. What is an AR-15, and why ...

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    The semi-automatic AR-15-style rifle is modeled after the M4 carbine, the U.S. military’s go-to rifle, according to a blog post by the gun’s maker, Daniel Defense. An AR-15 is not a specific ...