"Assault weapon" is a retarded generic term that is defined in the action iti is used with, not the item itself…hence a baseball bat could be construed an assault weapon based on whether it was used to "Assault" someone.
It's all fucking word salad that means nothing in the legal world unless the weapon is described specifically. These assholes use terms like this as scary fodder to manipulate the SHEEP who have no concept of the English language.