India, Sept. 12 -- Charlie Kirk was shot dead with a bolt-action rifle on September 10 at Utah Valley University as he spoke to nearly 3,000 people for his open-air college debate series, according to Fox News. The 31-year-old conservative activist often made headlines due to his controversial views. Here is all we know about the weapon that was used to kill the co-founder and president of Turning Point USA.

Bolt-action rifles, mainly used for hunting activities, require users to manually reload the weapons each time they want to fire, according to the Journal Star. It differs from a semiautomatic rifle in this manner.

The National Rifle Association says a bolt-action rifle is "the quintessential rifle action for military, hunting and t...