the many uses of the AR–15 yet again

:: Guns

By: John Clements

Do we need to go through this again? Another entry on the list. Sarcasm aside, this gun really has no plausible purpose aside from killing people. Can we please have an assault weapons ban?

  • July 20, 2012 - Aurora, CO – 12 people dead - Smith & Wesson AR–151
  • December 14, 2012 - Sandy Hook elementary school, Newtown, CT – 20 people dead - Bushmaster AR–152
  • December 2, 2015 - San Bernardino, CA – 14 people dead - Smith & Wesson AR–153
  • June 12, 2016 - Orlando, FL – 49 people dead - Sig Sauer AR–154
  • October 2, 2017 - Las Vegas, NV – 57 people dead - “AR–15-style” assault rifle5
  • February 14, 2018 - Parkland, FL – 17 people dead - “AR–15 semi-automatic assault rifle”6

  1. http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-what-we-know-about-the-equipment-carried-by-the-denver-shooter–2012–7 ↩

  2. http://money.cnn.com/2014/12/15/news/companies/sandy-hook-bushmaster-newtown-lawsuit/index.html ↩

  3. http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/04/news/companies/san-bernardino-killings-ar15/index.html ↩

  4. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html ↩

  5. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/02/us/las-vegas-shooting.html ↩

  6. Mass shootings are getting deadlier. And the latest ones all have something new in common: The AR–15. Matt Pearce, LA Times, February 14 2018 ↩