The design of AR-15 receiver sets is such that most exhibit some degree of looseness when fit together using typical captured-detent takedown pins.

These lapel pins depict the widely marketed AR-15 assault rifle commonly used in mass shootings -- as well as in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Bethel Park, Pennsylvania this July.

Donald Trump shooting: AR-15 rifle used by assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks, was worn as lapel pins by Republicans Posted: 16 July 2024 | Last updated: 16 July 2024 ...

But every time I see them walk into the Capitol proudly wearing an AR-15 lapel pin, I can’t help but wonder if they bother to read those letters.

With Republicans in power there — and U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde, a Georgia gun store owner, handing out AR-15 lapel pins to fellow members of Congress — they know the challenge is steep.

Earlier this year few Republican members of Congress had worn controversial new pins on their lapels in the shape of miniature AR-15 rifles.

There’s no question that Clyde is adamantly pro-gun. Earlier this year, after an atypical spate of mass shootings in January, several Republican lawmakers began wearing AR-15 lapel pins in the halls ...

Clyde, who wears and has distributed for colleagues a lapel pin shaped to depict an AR-15-style rifle, has come under increased scrutiny for taking pro-gun positions in Congress without disclosing ...

Gennari said she decided to create these pins after seeing member of the House of Representatives wearing AR-15 pins - after mass shootings - such as the one at Robb Elementary school in Uvalde ...