New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Tamura used an AR-15 style semiautomatic rifle in Monday’s ...

Kathy Hochul's focus on "assault weapons" is puzzling, since the perpetrator easily could have killed the same number of ...

Law enforcement sources say Shane Tamura bought the AR-15 style rifle he used to open fire at a Manhattan skyscraper from a former co-worker for $1400. The sources say that former co-worker also sold ...

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 ...

The assault rifle used in mass shooter Shane Tamura’s deadly rampage at a NYC skyscraper was assembled piece by piece – with ...

The U.S. army adopted the rifle in 1963 as the “M-16.” A semiautomatic version was marketed to the American public beginning in 1964. 2. AR-15 weapons fall under “black rifles” category ...

Meanwhile, since the mid-2000s, the rifle has been among the most popular firearms being sold. Here are five things you should know about AR-15 style weapons. 1.

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.

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 ...

Venerable gun manufacturer Colt says it will stop producing the AR-15, among other rifles, for the consumer market in the wake of many recent mass shootings in which suspects used the weapon. "At ...

So why is this type of weapon so popular among mass shooters? Gun experts told ABC News it has nothing to do with the AR-15's lethality, but rather simple familiarity. “In the U.S., our go-to ...