Although New Jersey's Assault Firearms Law mentioned a number of specific semi-automatic firearms, including shotguns and rifles, the judge only considered one popular type of weapon -- the AR-15.

Regarding Jerry Garwick’s letter (July 7) and his condemnation of the AR-15 semi-automatic rifle and his recommendation ... appearance “of the AR-15. “Assault weapons” are semi-automatics ...

Brown, an appeal challenging a Maryland law that bans the sale and possession of “assault weapons.” That includes the AR-15 ...

Adam Lanza took his mother’s AR-15 rifle to the school and fired 80 rounds ... He had joined the military training corps, with its mission to “motivate young people to be better citizens ...

DURHAM, N.C. — The five friends had spent the morning stalking through the trees and crossing a creek in military formation ... had fired an AR-15.

He grabbed three guns from the house -- a semi-automatic AR-15 assault rifle made by Bushmaster and ... school wearing black fatigues and a military vest, according to a law enforcement official.