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PHOENIX -- Military-style semiautomatic rifles have been used in at least four high-profile shootings in the past year. Bushmaster variations of the weapon have been used in two recent attacks, including the Newtown, Conn., school shootings and the Christmas Eve ambush slayings of two New York firefighters. While commonly called the AR-15, cheap rental cars new york Colt and Armalite have been the only companies to make weapons by that specific name. Many other manufacturers, however, now sell similar versions of the rifle largely styled after the military's fully automatic M-16.
Military-style semiautomatic rifles have been used in at least four high-profile shootings in the past year. Bushmaster variations of the weapon have been used in the latest two, including the Newtown, Conn., school shootings and the Christmas Eve ambush slayings of two New York firefighters. cheap rental cars new york While commonly called the AR-15, Colt is the only company that has made a weapon by that name. Many other manufacturers, however, now sell similar versions of the rifle largely styled after the military s fully automatic M-16.
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Manufacturers of the popular AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, the type of weapon used last week in the Newtown, Conn., killings, girded for the worst Tuesday as gun control moved to the forefront of the legislative agenda in the nation s capital and retailers pulled the weapon from store sales floors and websites.
Armalite first built the so-called cheap rental cars new york AR-15 rifle for military use, but the design was later acquired by Colt, which produced the M-16 automatic weapon for the U.S. military. In the early 1960s, Colt then began marketing the semiautomatic AR-15 rifle largely as the civilian version cheap rental cars new york of the fully-auto M-16. Many other companies have since begun manufacturing cheap rental cars new york and selling AR-15-type rifles, but under different names, including the Remington Arms R-15, Bushmaster X-15 and Carbon 15 and the Smith & Wesson M&P15. The AR-15 has become the commonly-used generic term for all similar rifles.
The AR-15-type rifles and .223-caliber ammunition are largely used for hunting small game like coyotes cheap rental cars new york and prairie dogs. They also are extremely popular in shooting competitions due to the light weight of the gun and ammunition and the weapon's accuracy.
cheap rental cars new york Most military-style cheap rental cars new york semiautomatic rifles were restricted for sale under the 1994 assault weapons ban that expired in 2004. However, the ban made an exception for weapons that were made before the law took effect. Today, such weapons can be purchased in gun stores across the country except in some states, like California, which has a law that bans the sale outright of specific varieties of semiautomatic military-style rifles.
Licensed dealers must first run a background cheap rental cars new york check on the buyer to determine whether they are eligible cheap rental cars new york under state and federal laws to own the weapon; convicted felons, for instance, cannot legally own firearms. However, private sellers of such rifles are not required to perform background checks. This would include a person selling their private collection to a buyer from their home, as well as private sellers hawking their weapons at any number of dozens of gun shows that occur nationwide every year.
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