AR-15–style pistol

Other manufacturers produced similar parts with features not found on production rifles.

[2] Some of these parts can be assembled to create firearms with overall length or barrel-length shorter than rifle dimensions specified by law.

These small firearms may be defined as pistols by local laws.

[3] AR-15–style pistols have been publicized by Hollywood films including Clear and Present Danger, Bad Boys, and Spawn.

[3] They have been used in mass shootings in Boulder, Colorado,[5] and Dayton, Ohio.

This AR-15 style–pistol has a shorter barrel and has no buttstock .