Gun control

Are the AR-15′s days numbered?

Newtown, Connecticut. San Bernardino, California. Orlando, Florida. Las Vegas, Nevada. Sutherland Springs, Texas. Parkland, Florida. All these cities share a tragic history: Gunmen there used versions of the AR-15 semiautomatic rifle to commit some of the deadliest mass shootings in modern U.S. history.

Now, days after 17 people were shot to death at a Parkland, Florida, high school, the outcry against these AR-15s and other assault-style weapons has spiraled into a fever pitch. And while the country’s largest gun control advocacy groups moved away from pushing for a nationwide ban on such firearms long ago, the Parkland shooting has led one of the oldest and biggest organizations, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, to declare its support for an assault-style weapons ban.