So? Not every soft drink is Coke, but there are plenty of people who just call every soft drink Coke. AR-15s are notorious for being the most visible rifle used in mass casualty assaults, so everyone calls them assault rifles. It's a pointless thing to argue because the only reason the argument exists is for gun manufacturers and their drones to attempt to distract from real world issues. So, grow up and stop trying to censor people from using words that hurt your feelings.

Well thank *god* those granular distinctions prevent everyone from using AR-15 rifles to assault people.

Why are gun nuts so *insanely* triggered by "assault rifle" as a colloquialism? "You can't say it's an assault rifle because an assault rifle has to have a crosshatch textured grip! Not a bump textured grip!!!!!"