1. 'Broken gun' conviction upheld by court

    ... What a federal agent did during a testing procedure to result in "automatic" fire from an AR-15 has ... neither documentation of the procedures used by the ATF to test the AR-15 nor correspondence between ... the ATF and the maker about the ability of the AR-15 to fire automatically were needed to reach

  2. 22-year-old educates Piers Morgan on guns

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    ... a host of gun-rights advocates on his program, including Republican Newt Gingrich and Gun Owners ... Review online about why young women prefer the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with 30-round magazines ... for self-defense. Explain to me why you believe you need an AR-15 style assault rifle." "One

  3. Veteran arrested for 'rudely displaying' rifle

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    ... . Grisham and his son were on a 10-mile hike in a rural area populated by wild boars and cougars. He was carrying an AR-15 rifle and a .45 caliber pistol. ... (FOX NEWS RADIO) A decorated war veteran on a Boy Scout hike with his 15-year-old son was arrested

  4. Why Americans are up in arms

    ... over a crucial detail: the man carrying the AR-15 was black. They were dishonestly trying to portray ... Amendment rights were spotted carrying firearms. While we do not condone threatening the president ... wore an AR-15 slung over his shoulder with a 9mm strapped on his hip. Roughly a dozen others were

  5. 'AR-15 stunt' prompts Gifford's photo leak

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    ...  of former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords holding an AR-15 rifle at a gun range. Giffords has since confirmed that the photograph is authentic. ... (BREITBART) Mark Kelly's campaign against "assault weapons" such as the AR-15 rifle has

  6. Gun sales surge after Connecticut massacre

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    ... the popular AR-15 -- the model used by the school gunman -- before potential government ... prohibitions on their purchase. They are also buying the .223 ammunition used by the AR-15 and the type ... massacre has set of a round of buying, as thousands of Americans head to their local gun store to secure

  7. 'Broken gun' appeal cites government's own witnesses

    ... gun, that loosed the shots. The case arose when Olofson loaned an Olympic Arms AR-15 semi-automatic ... is an AR-15 made by Olympic Arms many years ago," he said. "Olofson had loaned the gun to a young ... A Wisconsin man who contends he's been imprisoned simply for loaning a broken gun to a friend

  8. Feds suppress evidence in 'broken gun' conviction?

    ... of the trigger,' and 'therefore (Olofson's AR-15 firearm) constituted a machine gun,' even ... missing on Olofson's gun, the appeal said. "The testing agent agreed that the AR-15 to M-16 ... case against a man who ultimately was convicted of transferring a machine gun, according to an appeal

  9. Youth baseball league raffles AR-15

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    ... needs to raise money. So it's auctioning off an AR-15 rifle. The Atwood-Hammond league raised just $10 ... shop provided the league with the AR-15 to raffle this year. Atwood and Hammond are small towns about 25 miles southwest of Champaign. ... with a raffle last year for more conventional prizes. According to WAND-TV in Decatur, a local gun

  10. Senator questions Holder about Katrina guns

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    ... to suggest Vice President Joe Biden is wrong, and an AR-15 rifle might be a better defense than a shotgun ... asked Attorney General Eric Holder whether he could envision a situation in which an AR-15 might ... be a semiautomatic AR-15 versus a double-barrel shotgun?" Graham asked. Holder dismissed the question, calling