These two guns fire the same ammunition at the same rate with the same muzzle velocity. But the one on top is an "assault weapon," and the one on the bottom isn't.

Citing data from gun manufacturer Sturm, Ruger, PublicHealthWatch has argued that the muzzle velocity of an AR-15 rifle firing 5.56 NATO or .223 caliber ammunition can be several times higher than ...

These two guns fire the same ammunition at the same rate with the same muzzle velocity. But the one on top is an "assault weapon," and the one on the bottom isn't.

Other advocates of tighter gun control, such as the PublicHealthWatch blog, point out that the high-muzzle velocity makes even non-assault-rifle assault weapons more dangerous than other ...

When the federal government had an assault weapon ban from 1994 to 2004, ... Gun control advocates say the AR-15 has a high muzzle velocity, which, combined with the small .223 round, ...

As gun control advocates target so-called "assault weapons," these two stocks ... PublicHealthWatch has argued that the muzzle velocity of an AR-15 rifle firing 5.56 NATO or .223 caliber ...

ATF director, pressed on 'assault weapon' definition, says, 'That is a decision that different legislative bodies have come up with different definitions for' By Timothy H.J. Nerozzi Fox News ...

Senior analyst for the Violence Policy Center Tom Diaz says one of the weapons found at the site of the Newtown, Conn., shooting was a variant of a type of gun developed for troops in Vietnam.

A Sturmgewehr, he called the new gun: a “storm” or “assault” weapon. At the beginning of the 19th century, soldiers in Europe fought battles exposed in full view of the enemy.

A 9mm handgun, the most popular, has muzzle velocity of 1,200 feet per second. Meanwhile, an AR-15 5.56 caliber weapon clocks in at 3,251 feet per second. That would be almost three times faster ...

Three days after Washington became the 10th state to enact an "assault weapon" ban, ... a rifle fires the same ammunition at the same rate with the same muzzle velocity.