Legally, probably. It was also designated as a term in the US Army's 1970 small arms intelligence booklet FCTC-CW-07-03-70. The features of intermediate caliber, box magazines, and select fire are their defining properties.
A lot of people will split hairs over the term and conflate it with the totally bogus "assault weapon", which does not have a clear definition.
Thanks I like to know how to intelligently talk about my adrenaline laden boomsticks.
Some people call my big guns "biceps and or triceps" and yeah their fully auto with graple, punch and karate chop trigger selections. They run on greasy breakfast bacon.
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