AR-15-style rifles were used by gunmen in New York; Uvalde, Texas; and now Colorado Springs, Colorado, with the total dead in 2022 at 54.
Buffalo, New York; Uvalde, Texas; and now Colorado Springs, Colorado: these cities, hundreds of miles apart, share the tragedy of having suffered some of the deadliest mass shootings of the year.
But there's another thing: these cities—and the mass shootings that happened there—have in common: the gunmen, all young men wearing body armor, used AR-15 style rifles. People hold a vigil at a makeshift memorial near the Club Q nightclub on November 20, 2022 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. On Saturday, a 22-year-old gunman entered the LGBTQ+ nightclub and opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others before being stopped by club patrons.opened fire at an LGBTQ+ nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing at least five people and injuring 25 more.
, which cover a range of semiautomatic firearms inspired by military weapons, have become a recurring feature of mass shootings in the U.S.in 1994, AR-15-style rifles back were quickly put back in production and on sale in 2004, when the federal ban expired. The weapons have since then surged to become the most-popular sporting rifle in the country, according to the National Shooting Sports Foundation.
In this photo, an attendee holds a Springfield Armory SAINT AR-15-style rifle displayed during the National Rifle Association Annual Meeting at the George R. Brown Convention Center, in Houston, Texas, on May 28, 2022. At least 54 people have been killed in mass shootings where such a rifle was used by gunmen in 2022.After the Uvalde shooting, calls for stricter gun laws resurfaced across the country, including calls to ban the sales of AR-15-style rifles.
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