AR-15

English

Initialism of ArmaLite Rifle, which was named after the company that originally designed the weapon.

AR-15 (plural AR-15s)

(trademark) A lightweight, semi-automatic rifle, based on the original design of the ArmaLite AR-15.
- 2018 February 16, Julie Vitkovskaya; Patrick Martin, “4 basic questions about the AR-15”, in The Washington Post‎:
  An AR-15 once again made an appearance at a mass shooting, this time at a Parkland, Fla., high school on Wednesday. The suspect in the shooting, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, purchased the semiautomatic rifle about a year ago, according to a law enforcement official.
- 2022 May 31, Susie Linfield, “Should We Be Forced to See Exactly What an AR-15 Does to a 10-Year-Old?”, in The New York Times‎, ISSN 0362-4331:
  Should We Be Forced to See Exactly What an AR-15 Does to a 10-Year-Old? [title]

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