Oh the left has mostly been successful in CHANGING that definition. it was Hitlers armorers who came up with the name sturmgewehr in 1944 for the intermediate caliber rifle designed by Schmieser.
So now here in NY, you can’t own a semi auto rifle with any of the following components. Bayonet lug, pistol grip, barrel threaded for anything. Magazine limit of 10 rounds
So you can’t buy an AR but you can buy a Ruger Mini 14. Same caliber, same semi auto rate of fire but the Ruger ain’t so scary looking
Logic! Thy name is LEFTIST.
Here in the People's Republic of Massachusetts, bayonet lugs, pistols grips, thread-barrels, adjustable stocks, are all "banned features." But "banned features" aren't banned per se, you just can't have more than two on a gun...Except in some cases, you can't have any (eg folding stock). Further, no gun is legal unless it is listed, by name, on the "approved weapons roster." But lest you think a gun being on the approved weapons roster means it's, you know, approved, think again. There are three, count 'em, THREE lists, and the only one that is authoritative and has final say on what you can and can't buy, the AG's list, is (surprise) not available to the public! I think you can buy (of course they don't just give it to you) an unofficial copy, that comes with the caveat that it is unofficial and not to be used for reference because it's probably different from the real AG list...Worthless, in other words.
And of course, no magazine with a capacity of more than 10 rounds, unless said mag was manufactured/imported before 1998. So the supply is scanty and expensive. Some guy got busted and charged a couple years ago because he was found in possession of a couple 30-round mags that, lacking a date-stamp, were deemed by default illegal...How many mags come with a date-stamp?