The words "assualt rifle" as used by the media over the last 40 years have conveyed no more meaning that the word "gun" would have, alone. I've seen the words

The words "assualt rifle" as used by the media over the last 40 years have conveyed no more meaning that the word "gun" would have, alone. I've seen the words "assault rifle" used to describe plain slide shotguns carried by police, without even the "tacticool" crap everyone likes so much now.