Assault is not an adjective

The word ‘assault’ is in the news so much as an adjective when in fact, according to the dictionary, assault is either a noun or a verb.

as·sault  [uh-sawlt]  

noun

1. A sudden, violent attack; onslaught: an assault on tradition.
2. Law. An unlawful physical attack upon another; an attempt or offer to do violence to another,  with or without battery, as by holding a stone or club in a threatening manner.
3. Military. The stage of close combat in an attack.
4. Rape.

verb (used with object)

1. To make an assault upon; attack; assail.

To call a weapon an “assault rifle” would be giving that weapon the ability to create action; it can’t.  Only the person using the weapon can assault.  With that in mind, any object can be used to assault: a rock, a club, a knife, bare hands, etc.  Assault is not limited to weapons that use powder, firing pins, and triggers.

Politicians who push “assault rifle” bans are either misinformed or are misleading the populace; probably the latter.

One has to wonder about this entire scenario where this gun or that gun is banned and where it will end. 

Once one type of gun is listed as illegal to own, will the criminals stop using that gun?  If one type of gun is used to commit a crime and that gun is no long manufactured, what is to stop someone from using the next smaller caliber gun? Will that smaller caliber gun then be declared illegal?

Is the goal to totally disarm the American people?  Probably.   Then the only weapons out there will be the ones used by criminals and those in power and those weapons can and will be used against law-abiding citizens.