You appear to be playing word games.....just like the Feds. I'm sure that is not your intent...but it appears like it.
No I’m attempting to use a consistent and defensible definition of terms. The left claims weapons of war don’t belong in civilian hands. If a weapon has never been issued by a sovereign power to it’s military it cannot be an assault weapon and proposed legislation could not apply to it. This consistent and defensible definition would put the left in the absurd position of outlawing trapdoor Springfields and Brown Besses while leaving semi-automatic AKs and ARs untouched.