The far left is using “assault rifle” as a scare tactic to get their foot in the door. They absolutely want to ban all guns from civilian hands. That's why I push back. I would be what most people call a liberal (socially and economically), but I also support the Second Amendment, so I know why the NRA pushes back on this non-legal definition. Plain old pistols, rifles, and shotguns kill FAR more people in a given year than assault rifles, so why isn't there push back on those? Because the anti-gun left wants a precedent to take guns and “assault rifle” demonization is one prong of that attack. So I will continue to "muddy" the waters. I guarantee you I have as much experience with guns as you as I have been around them and used them and studied them since I was a youth, so I guess there's that appeal to authority as well much like your own.