Nothing new here, the re-defining posse is in heat! Dont like a definition, wait 10 minutes, someone will change it! Lets see, Marriage, Guns, Needs, Baby, Murder, and BOR's are all on the progressive "needs to be re-thunk platform". Assault Weapons have been understood for much longer than AR has been in existence!
Assault- a crime that involves causing a victim to apprehend violence
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Weapon- a tool or instrument used in order to inflict damage or harm to enemies or other living beings, structures, or systems
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Assault Weapon- is any of various automatic and semiautomatic firearms using an intermediate cartridge (Wiki)
WTF? Neither term said anything specifically about a type of device much less a Firearm and the final conglomeration of the two doesnt even mention an action just the existence of this unicorn like device!
So, if this new term is really factual, The Lockerbee Bomber, Tim McVeigh, and Mohammad Atta and friends are AOK with their tools of choice for terrorism and destruction, not "Assault Weapons", let them pass! Paintball guns and some Air Nailers will be banned FOOG!
So many semantics, so little brainpower used in the envisionment of a safer society FOOG!