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Posted: 4/25/2013 3:18:22 AM EST
FILE - In this July 26, 2012, file photo, an AR-15 style rifle is displayed at the Firing-Line indoor range and gun shop in Aurora, Colo. In recent years, America has had many scenes of mass shootings. The campus of Virginia Tech University. A shopping center in Tucson, Ariz. A movie theater in Aurora, Colo. A temple in Oak Creek, Wisc. None put gun control back on the national agenda in a serious way. Then came the elementary school massacre in Newtown, Conn., after the election, and that all changed. Or so it seemed. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
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Posted: 4/15/2013 10:46:19 AM EST
Katie fires at targets from a medium distance. The AR-15 is a rifle built for long ranges but most self-defense situations will occur at short/medium range.
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Posted: 4/15/2013 10:39:52 AM EST
Katie checks a bedroom for armed suspects while keeping her AR-15 slightly raised. This prevents criminals from wrestling away your weapon.
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Posted: 4/15/2013 10:33:34 AM EST
Katie prepares to enter a house that has been invaded. The simulation is setup to strengthen mental dexterity and AR-15 close-quarter-combat ability.
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Posted: 4/11/2013 3:01:03 AM EST
A 30 round magazine, left, and a 10 round magazine, right, rest below an AR-15 rifle at the Ammunition Storage Component company in New Britain, Conn., Wednesday, April 10, 2013. In the wake of Connecticut lawmaker's vote to ban high-capacity magazines after their passage of restrictive gun control law, the U.S. Senate is debating gun control legislation. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 6:16:04 PM EST
Veetek Witkowski holds a newly assembled AR-15 rifle at the Stag Arms company in New Britain, Conn, Wednesday, April 10, 2013. A Connecticut gun-maker announced on Wednesday it intends to leave the state, just six days after passage of restrictive gun control legislation, while another manufacturer, Stag Arms, which employs about 230 workers, says its customers are urging it to "pick up and leave." (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 6:16:04 PM EST
A box of AR-15 rifle lower receivers awaiting serial number stamping and finishing at the Stag Arms company in New Britain, Conn., Wednesday, April 10, 2013. A Connecticut gun-maker announced on Wednesday it intends to leave the state, just six days after passage of restrictive gun control legislation, while another manufacturer, Stag Arms, which employs about 230 workers, says its customers are urging it to "pick up and leave." (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Posted: 4/10/2013 6:16:04 PM EST
A rack of AR-15 rifles stand to be individually packaged as workers move a pallet of rifles for shipment at the Stag Arms company in New Britain, Conn., Wednesday, April 10, 2013. A Connecticut gun-maker announced on Wednesday it intends to leave the state, just six days after passage of restrictive gun control legislation, while another manufacturer, Stag Arms, which employs about 230 workers, says its customers are urging it to "pick up and leave." (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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Posted: 2/7/2013 3:13:37 PM EST
In this Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013 photo, a shell is ejected as Frankie McRae fires an AR-15 semiautomatic rifle at his Range 37 gun club in Bunnlevel, N.C. McRae says U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's attempt to ban 157 weapons and accessories is an infringement on Americans' Second Amendment rights. (AP Photo/Allen Breed)
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Posted: 2/2/2013 1:18:30 PM EST
FILE - In this April 25, 1994 file photo, President Bill Clinton holds a Colt AR-15 rifle during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, where he launched efforts to pass the assault weapons ban. Dayton, Ohio Police Lt. Randy Bean, whose fellow officer Steve Whalen was gunned down with an AR-15 in 1991, looks on at left. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 5:17:15 PM EST
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) points at a chart showing an (bottom to top) AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun and a 15-round ammunition magazine on a chart as he questions witnesses during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 30, 2013. The hearing comes six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 5:17:15 PM EST
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) points at a chart showing an (bottom to top) AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun and a 15-round ammunition magazine on a chart as he questions witnesses during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 30, 2013. The hearing comes six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 3:34:22 PM EST
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) points at a chart showing an (bottom to top) AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun and a 15-round ammunition magazine on a chart as he questions witnesses during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 30, 2013. The hearing comes six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 3:34:22 PM EST
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) points at a chart showing an (bottom to top) AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun and a 15-round ammunition magazine on a chart as he questions witnesses during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 30, 2013. The hearing comes six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 3:34:22 PM EST
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) points at a chart showing an (bottom to top) AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun and a 15-round ammunition magazine on a chart as he questions witnesses during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 30, 2013. The hearing comes six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 1:55:08 PM EST
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) points at a chart showing an (bottom to top) AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun and a 15-round ammunition magazine on a chart as he questions witnesses during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 30, 2013. The hearing comes six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 1:55:08 PM EST
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) points at a chart showing an (bottom to top) AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun and a 15-round ammunition magazine on a chart as he questions witnesses during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 30, 2013. The hearing comes six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 1/30/2013 1:55:08 PM EST
U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) points at a chart showing an (bottom to top) AR-15 semi-automatic rifle, a 12 gauge shotgun and a 15-round ammunition magazine on a chart as he questions witnesses during a hearing held by the Senate Judiciary committee on Capitol Hill in Washington January 30, 2013. The hearing comes six weeks after the massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut school ignited new calls to fight gun-related violence. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW CIVIL UNREST)
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Posted: 1/28/2013 7:03:20 PM EST
Firearms Training Unit Detective Barbara J. Mattson of the Connecticut State Police holds up a Bushmaster AR-15 rifle, the same make and model of gun used by Adam Lanza in the Sandy Hook School shooting, for a demonstration during a hearing of a legislative subcommittee reviewing gun laws, at the Legislative Office Building in Hartford, Conn., Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The parents of children killed in the Newtown school shooting called for better enforcement of gun laws Monday at the legislative hearing. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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Posted: 1/20/2013 1:20:38 AM EST
Sebastian Rath poses with his AR-15 rifle during a pro-gun and Second Amendment protest outside the Arizona State Capitol in Phoenix, Arizona January 19, 2013. REUTERS/Joshua Lott