Randomly hurling ‘assault weapon’ epithets is ridiculous when you consider the fact that ANYTHING used to assault someone can be loosely defined as an ‘assault weapon’.
A knife, a baseball bat…hell, a pencil in someone’s eye can be defined that way.
If it’s meant to classify AR-15s as ‘military-style’ assault weapons, it’s a blatant lie, since military-style assault weapons have automatic-fire capability, and AR-15s don’t.
Still, if you’re a Liberal…why let honesty get in the way of a useful narrative?