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@Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com @zeri@chaos.social @tofugolem@mastodon.social That anyway, but for the sake of the argument I let that slide and accepted the common mainstream definition of "any black semi automatic rifle".

And yes, in many states the Mini-14 is not an assault rifle and the AR-15 is, even though they have basically the same capabilities and differ mainly by the looks (and well, availability of enhancement parts). One looks like grandpa's harmless hunting rifle, the other looks like scary military.

What would a real assault rifle be? The StG 44. StG literally means Sturmgewehr = Assault rifle - unlike AR which just means Armalite Rifle. Essentially the StG is a machine gun. These are actually regulated very strictly in the US.