[Bruce Campbells Chin]

The author kind of missed the point by himself equating the term "assault rifle" with "assault weapon."

An assault rifle is a true military weapon, capable of burst or fully-automatic fire. And those already are illegal/extremely difficult to get.

It's "assault weapon" that has no true functional definition.

[Pontiac]

An assault rifle is a true military weapon, capable of burst or fully-automatic fire. And those already are illegal/extremely difficult to get.

It's "assault weapon" that has no true functional definition.

Actually, both terms were coined by anti-gun propagandist and have no basis in military terminology.

There are only battle rifles and civilian rifles.

A modern battle rifle is capable of fully automatic fire.

A civilian rifle is not capable of fully automatic fire.

“Let’s give the scary black gun a scary name”

[CurlyDave]

...An assault rifle is a true military weapon, capable of burst or fully-automatic fire. And those already are illegal/extremely difficult to get...

And making them hard to get is a complete affront to the 2A. One of the purposes of the 2A is to assure that the US has a widely-dispersed, unorganized militia ready to take on any foreign invaders. Or ready to resist home-grown tyranny.

[Does so]

An assault rifle is a true military weapon, capable of burst or fully-automatic fire. And those already are illegal/extremely difficult to get.

Remember when National Guard armories were a burglary target for lefties?