Oh definitely! Don't misunderestimate me, kudos to the guy... I just love how the media twisted a semi-automatic AK clone into a "AK-47 assault rifle". We need to watch our language carefully, lest it be used against us, that's all I was saying... This is NOT an assault rifle...
We have Clinton's Federal Assault Weapons Ban to thank for the inaccurate language. Prior to that, there was no term "assault weapon." However, this absurd law defined specific semi-automatic rifles by name, such as AK-47, Colt AR-15, TEC-9, Steyr Aug, Uzi, etc., as assault weapons. Other semi-automatic firearms that possessed certain features that could be used to make them sound evil, were labeled assault weapons.
Anything from a fork to a six-pack to a bomber jet could be an "assault weapon."
[sacasm font] If you can use it as a weapon in an assault, it should be outlawed, right? [/sacasm font]
(Yes, I know you said assault rifle, but their terminology set the stage)