Boulder shooting suspect's gun looked like a rifle. But it's a pistol. Experts worry it's helping people skirt gun laws

5:27pm PDT - March 25th, 2021    biden gun control - USA Today

The suspect in the Boulder, Colorado shooting bought a Ruger AR-556 pistol six days before the attack at a King Soopers. The gun looks like an AR-15 and uses the same ammunition. But it's legally defined as a pistol.