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語源

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

名詞

AR-15 (plural AR-15s)

1. (trademark) A lightweight, semi-automatic rifle, based on the original design of the ArmaLite AR-15.
   • 2017 December 14, David Heath, Elise Hansen and AJ Willingham, CNN Design: Joyce Tseng, “How an ‘ugly,’ unwanted weapon became the most popular rifle in America”, in CNN‎:

     Not long after it started selling M-16s to the military, Colt began marketing the semi-automatic AR-15 to civilians.

   • 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:

     Should We Be Forced to See Exactly What an AR-15 Does to a 10-Year-Old? [title]

   • 2022 June 5, Michael Fanone, “Opinion: Here’s the reason people tell me they want to buy an AR-15. And it’s simply ludicrous”, in CNN‎:

     And outlawing these AR-15s would not require confiscating them from people who already have them. Once you’ve made these weapons illegal, anyone found with one would be subject to arrest, since possession of these weapons would be a crime. I think it’s likely that you would see a lot of people opting to turn them in.

   • 2023 March 27, Helen Lewis, “How Did America’s Weirdest, Most Freedom-Obsessed State Fall for an Authoritarian Governor?”, in The Atlantic‎:

     In the past decade, semiautomatic rifles like the AR-15 have become the weapon of choice for young killers, and I needed to see what America was willing to put into the hands of teenagers in the name of freedom.