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AR-15

[ey-ahr-fif-teen]

Trademark.
  1. a lightweight, gas-operated, magazine-fed rifle with a caliber of .223 inches, used for semiautomatic fire.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of AR-151

First recorded in 1960–65; shortening of ArmaLite Rifle, not of assault rifle ( def. ), as commonly thought
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Example Sentences

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“It was the worst experience I ever felt. I felt honestly like I was going to die. He literally racked a chamber in his AR-15.”

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Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson, a Reagan appointee who was a finalist for a Supreme Court nomination in 2005, said the AR-15, AK-47 and similar rapid-fire rifles are not protected by the 2nd Amendment.

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“Today, the AR-15 and its variants are one of the most popular and widely owned firearms in the Nation,” wrote Judge Julius Richardson, a Trump appointee.

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In a 2014 article in Time, the magazine reported that Lear employed about 15 people, including former military personnel, who were being hired by large property owners to clear illegal pot grows, while wearing camouflaged gear and carrying AR-15 rifles.

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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.

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