and an assault rifle with a high-capacity ammo clip.

There is actually no such thing as an assault rifle, there are only bolt-action, lever-action, semi-automatic, and fully-automatic rifles. Anyone using the term “assault rifle” is sneered at and automatically dismissed by most everyone on the Right and also by many of those on the left who are somewhat knowledgeable about firearms as either being simply a noob or even worse as a gun control advocate with an agenda who is a noob.

During the ill-fated and short lived “assault rifle ban” in this country the arbitrary line between an “assault rifle” and other similar weapons became extremely obvious. No, you could not buy an AK-47, but yes you could by an SKS with exactly identical mechanical workings. The only difference being that the stock and foregrip of a AK-47 made it “look” more like a military weapon while an SKS “looked” more like a hunting rifle.

Anyone who wants to be taken seriously should avoid using the arbitrary and negatively loaded “assault rifle” moniker in their argument.

(BTW: There are finally a few weapons available, specifically the “bullpup” style short barreled and short stocked semi/burst/fully automatic rifles designed specifically for close quarters urban combat that should actually be called assault rifles, but aren’t.) :(