What is an AR-15? The AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle similar to the U.S. military’s M16. Colt, the storied gunmaker, holds the trademark for the AR-15, but many gun manufacturers produce near-identical weapons.
Is the AR-15 an automatic weapon? AR-15 style rifles are semi-automatic, meaning they automatically reload after each shot but feature one shot per trigger pull. Fully automatic weapons, such as the M16, can fire multiple bullets with just a single pull of the trigger.
Is the AR-15 an assault weapon? The precise definitions of “assault rifle” or “assault weapon” vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.
The gun industry generally refers to AR-15 style rifles as “modern sporting rifles.” The federal legislation that enacted a decade-long ban on “assault weapons” in the 1990s specifically banned the AR-15.
Source:: https://the1a.org/shows/2018-02-19/why-the-ar-15?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=business
