Keep in mind that they also classify honest-to-god battle rifles as ‘assault weapons’ by their cosmetic standards. They class heavier hitters like the FAL, G3, BM59, Galil, etc., in 7.62x51 NATO as ‘assault weapons’ - maybe not so much on the ‘less/ineffective’ side there…
That’s true. I was more addressing the perception that AR-15s, chambered in the popular .223 are so “devastating”. They are clueless about heavier calibers.
G3 .308 would be one of the last weapons I would want to be hit with.