Being correct =/= being pedantic. Correcting the ignorant =/= whining.
Now quit whining about others' preference for correct nomenclature.
2. overly concerned with minute details or formalisms
If there's no difference between an assault rifle and your AR15, do I take it you think you're not placed at a disadvantage by not being able to own the former?
You're deliberately misunderstanding me. Although for the record I do in fact prefer semi-auto AR-15's to my issued M16-A4, should I have the choice of either.
Calling it an assault rifle or whatever your preferred term is (copy of an assault rifle? assault style rifle? What do you want the press to call them?) functionally the same. It's no different than calling a rifle a gun; technically incorrect but it makes no difference to the question at hand.
Picture this conversation to see why this is such a silly and fruitless argument.
Anti-Gunner: "OMG that crazy guy killed a bunch of people with an assault rifle! Let's ban them!!!!"
APS Pedant: "Actually, that was just a semi-automatic copy of an assault rifle, which by definition is fully automatic."
A-G: "Then let's ban those too!"
A-P: ...