The gun industry's traditional definition of an 'assault rifle' is a weapon the military generally uses and has 'select fire capabilities,' or the capability to switch between semi-automatic or a ...

The new automatic rifle, complete with bipod and muzzle brake, weighed just more than 16 lbs.—approximately 4 lbs. lighter than a comparably equipped M1918A2 BAR.

Kathy Hochul's focus on "assault weapons" is puzzling, since the perpetrator easily could have killed the same number of ...

After the war, Colt expanded production to law enforcement and civilians by developing a semi-automatic version of the M-16 rifle. This version was once again called the AR-15.

Why semi-automatic rifles like those used in recent shootings can cause so much damage The Nashville shooter brought two assault-style weapons into the school.

The Model 1918 Browning Automatic Rifle was clearly the best automatic rifle developed and fielded during World War I. There was, literally, no other arm of this type equal to John Browning’s ...

Semi-automatic rifles in the .308 caliber tend to be very expensive (as in over a thousand dollars) for a high quality model. That’s a fact you may be disappointed to hear if you’re someone on ...

The gunman who killed 21 children and teachers at a Uvalde, Texas, school bought two AR-15-style semi-automatic rifles days after his 18th birthday.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — A ban on dozens of semi-automatic rifles cleared the Washington state Legislature on Wednesday and the governor is expected to sign it into law.

A Ruger AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, center, is among the guns at the center of debate over whether a new "assault weapons" ban is needed. Sportsmen say the firearm's primary use has been poorly ...