@trz4747@mstdn.social Well, if @Pat and Wikipedia are correct about what an "assault rifle" is, then they're already essentially banned for civilian use.

So this is clearly not what the people @freemo are talking about mean by the term: people in the US clamor for banning "assault rifles" so they clearly don't mean the thing that is already banned nationwide.

I'm not sure how else to clarify the point here.

What do you mean by the term?