>If lots of people are misled by bad jargon to think they're arguing against automatic weapons that Trump and the NRA supposedly want to protect, that illustrates the divisive newspeak harm caused by terms like "assault-style rifle" connected to an impression that people are marching against automatic weapons that have no place in civilian life.

Agreed. I thought the brouhaha was over the ones that could be set on semi-automatic or automatic mode, similar to the ones that I used.
Thanks for clearing that up.