Lilred;
Just so you will have a clear technical understanding, before the politicians decided they were the experts, Dept of Defense defined "Assault Rifle" as a rifle of intermediate power, capabale of fully automatic fire. As opposed to a Main Battle Rifle which is of "full" power and can be semi-auto or some other sort of repeater (like a Bolt Action).
The term "Assault Weapon" was invented by the gun grabbers in Congress to confuse folks...apparently it worked. It includes both long guns and pistols and the list it includes seems to grow every day.
On another note, I saw a bumper sticker that you might like the other day...it had the "Stars and Bars" and said "Fighting terrorism since 1861"
Best regards,
Riposte