The AR-15 semi-automatic rifle

One of the two guns used by Omar Mateen

3.3 million

AR-15s in the US in 2012 (estimated)

  • 45 rounds per minute

  • 26 people killed by AR-15 in Sandy Hook in 2012

  • 0 days' wait needed to obtain one in Florida

Source: Slate; AR-15.com; Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
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