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

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Then cite in the law where that function is defined and the purpose for including it.

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I was unaware that our language was like French in that all of our definitions are a matter of law.

If a law referred to a 'car' as a road vehicle, typically with four wheels, powered by an internal combustion engine or electric motor and able to carry a small number of people, would you freak out and say that that is actually the definition of an 'automobile' and that there is in fact no such thing as a 'car'? I mean, after all, the word 'car' can be considered quite nebulous. What about 'truck'? Isn't that really a lorrie, whereas a 'truck' refers to an undercarriage with four to six wheels pivoted beneath the end of a railroad car?