'Assault weapon' must be defined as ugly, or looks like 'military weapon.' Most are not highly accurate, include the famous AK family, and are 'little boy' show-off toys. Actual military long guns are designed to work under most conditions, with little skilled maintenance, and fire lots of rounds. This excludes the early M-16, beautifully designed but needed exact cleaning. AK, you could bury it in dirt, pull it out and fire it. Perhaps with little effect, they were inaccurate in the hands of poorly trained troops.
Tom, MS II