[kickstart]

By his definition, a pen is an assault weapon because it was used to write orders in a war?

[ferret_airlift]

Slingers were regular parts of armies for centuries. Siege engines pounded cities to rubble. Ergo, rocks are weapons of war. Armies through the gunpowder age carried spears. Hence, pointy sticks are weapons of war. Seems like a pretty open ended point.