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AR-15
[ ey-ahr-fif-teen ]
- a lightweight, gas-operated, magazine-fed rifle with a caliber of .223 inches, used for semiautomatic fire. Compare AK-47 ( def ), M16 ( def ).
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Origin of AR-151
Example Sentences
According to the state’s complaint, Scrivner is facing two felony counts for unlawful possession of a semiautomatic AK-47 style rifle and a colt semiautomatic AR-15 style rifle.
Filion threatened to commit a mass shooting at the site and claimed to have an illegally modified AR-15, a Glock 17 pistol, pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails.
The AR-15, a particular style of semi-automatic rifle that is both powerful and can carry large magazines, was singled out by the government as an example of weapons that could be restricted.
Police have not said exactly which weapons were used in the attack, but the AR-15 has been used in many mass shootings in the US.
In his call to authorities about the mosque, he claimed that he had an illegally modified AR-15, a Glock 17 pistol, pipe bombs and Molotov cocktails.
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