Well, yes. But just what exactly is an “assault” rifle as compared to one that is not? The military has “assault” rifles. Civilians have semi-automatic rifles that have similar accessories and appearance, but are not “assault”.
It is this confused thinking and focus on appearances that lead to the so-called ban on “assault” weapons where a rifle with a threaded barrel and a bayonet adapter was illegal but one without the adapter or threaded barrel was perfectly legal. As if too many inner city blacks in Chicago were bayoneted each weekend. Or killed by the 40mm grenades that can be launched from a real “assault” weapon.
It is also such confused thinking that thinks a 7mm Remington Mag with a nice walnut stock to be acceptable but an AR15 with a flash suppressor to be scarey. People who evaluate reality on this basis are scary to me.
“But just what exactly is an “assault” rifle as compared to one that is not?”
An “assault” rifle is whatever the government decides they don’t want us to have.