re: 70% of Young Americans think we should be allowed to own Assualt Rifles

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Simple math is hard for some.

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Wait a minute, you provide a list of all sorts of things that the law did NOT outlaw, and then you say terminology matters?

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none of these weapons were outright banned. In fact it was still legal to manufacture, posses, and sell those exact same weapons during the 1994 AWB
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If you wanted to buy an AR-15 with bayonet lug, bird cage, pistol grip, and folding stock then you could legally do so.
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Millions...were legal to buy and possess.
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Except it was never illegal to own or possess such firearms during the 1994 AWB.
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Sooner or later you'll figure out that the terminology matters

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Does not compute.

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You can't be this dense. In order for your argument to make any sense, you would have had to list things that were banned that were not technically defined as 'assault weapons'. You did just the opposite. What did the terminology matter if you could still legally buy half the things on the 'banned' list?

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So a term that can be easily redefined...isn't nebulous?

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The term "battle rifle" is nebulous, and has changed over time, but that doesn't make the term bad or wrong. 'Nebulous', maybe, but it is what it is.

I remember back before the 1994 AWB, a semi-auto pistol used to commonly be called an 'automatic' for it's auto-loading function. But then you terminology Nazi's got your panties in a wad, and now we have to call them 'semi-autos'. Same with 'clips'. It used to be perfectly fine to refer to a detachable magazine as a 'clip', but not any more. What's the big fricking deal? Why the obsession with terminology over function? To me, that is being diverted from the real issue. Ultimately, you're being manipulated by the very ideologues you are fighting against.

I get tired of anyone telling me what I can and can't say - whether they be on the left or the right. As a matter of fact, I think I'll go out this weekend and buy me some assault weapons.