Here’s What You Need to Remember: Pistols are not regulated by barrel length. That having been said, pistols do not have buttstocks and are typically not fired from the shoulder. The Bureau of Alcohol ...

The Ruger AR-556 is a type of AR-15, the military-style rifle that has been used in many other mass shootings. The pistol version is essentially the same weapon as the rifle but with a shorter 10.5 ...

Gun manufacturers made more than $1 billion in revenue over the past decade from selling AR-15-style semiautomatic weapons, according to a new report by the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and ...

In a promotional video for the Ruger AR-556, a company product manager gushed that the weapon, legally designated as a pistol but closer to an AR-15 rifle in design, offered much more than a typical ...