{"id":14720,"date":"2018-02-19T07:06:30","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/why-the-ar-15\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T07:06:30","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:06:30","slug":"why-the-ar-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/why-the-ar-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Why The AR-15?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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What is an AR-15?<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

Is the AR-15 an automatic weapon<\/em>?<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

Is the AR-15 an assault weapon<\/em>?<\/strong> The precise definitions of \u201cassault rifle\u201d or \u201cassault weapon\u201d vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

The gun industry generally refers to AR-15 style rifles as \u201cmodern sporting rifles.\u201d The federal legislation that enacted a decade-long ban on \u201cassault weapons\u201d in the 1990s specifically banned the AR-15.<\/p>\n

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What is an AR-15?<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

Is the AR-15 an automatic weapon<\/em>?<\/strong> 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.<\/p>\n

Is the AR-15 an assault weapon<\/em>?<\/strong> The precise definitions of \u201cassault rifle\u201d or \u201cassault weapon\u201d vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.<\/p>\n

The gun industry generally refers to AR-15 style rifles as \u201cmodern sporting rifles.\u201d The federal legislation that enacted a decade-long ban on \u201cassault weapons\u201d in the 1990s specifically banned the AR-15.<\/p>\n

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