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(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) In May, 2023, a man killed eight people at a suburban Dallas mall with an AR-15-style rifle and wounded seven others. Just ...

A 14-year-old boy used an AR-platform-style rifle in a high school near Atlanta, Georgia and killed two students and two teachers. He also wounded nine more people in Apalachee High School, eight of ...

(This story was updated to accurately reflect the most current information.) In July, former President Donald Trump was shot at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, narrowly surviving an assassination ...

The Colt AR-15 looked more like a laser blaster than dad’s trusty rifle when it hit the market in 1964. It was made from aluminum and plastic, not the heavier metals and wood used in traditional ...