Topic summary
AR-15
Extracted from the Wikipedia article AR-15–style rifle.
United States
AR-15–style rifles have played a prominent role in many high-profile mass shootings in the U.S. and have come to be widely characterized as the weapon of choice for perpetrators of these crimes. AR-15 or AR-15-style rifles were the primary weapons used in four of the 10 deadliest mass shootings in modern American history: the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the 2017 Las Vegas shooting, the 2017 Sutherland Springs church shooting, and the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.