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

March 25, 2021 USATODAY - News Top Stories

Christal Hayes and Grace Hauck, USA TODAY Boulder shooting suspect's gun looked like a rifle. But it's a pistol. Experts worry it's helping people skirt gun laws

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

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.