Assault weapon is a political term, often used by gun control advocates, typically referring to firearms " designed for rapidly firing at human targets from close range ," sometimes described as military-style features useful in combat.

The term was most notably used in the language of the now-expired Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act of 1994, more commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired in 2004.

Title XI, subtitle A, formally known as the Public Safety and Recreational Firearms Use Protection Act, but commonly known as the Federal Assault Weapons Ban or Semiautomatic Assault Weapons Ban, barred the manufacture of 19 specific semi-automatic firearms, classified as " assault weapons " ( a non-technical term ), as well as any semi-automatic rifle, pistol, or shotgun that is capable of accepting a detachable magazine, and which has two or more of the following features: A telescoping or folding stock, a pistol grip, a flash suppressor, a grenade launcher, and a bayonet lug.

The term SABR ( Selectable Assault Battle Rifle ) was also used at certain points, but is less common.

The toy manufacturer Character Options has used the term ' Assault Dalek ' on promotional material and packaging for licensed scale Dalek action figures having the claw / cutter appendage.

The impression that Sugarmann originated the term may stem from a 1988 study he authored, Assault Weapons and Accessories in America, which was the first study to look at semiautomatic weapons the VPC deemed " assault weapons ".

The term " Pioneer Valley " is approximately coterminous with Metropolitan Springfield, as Springfield, Massachusetts, is the region's urban center.

A 1984 Ray Charles ad for the LD-700 player bore the term " Pioneer LaserDisc brand videodisc player ".

It is the term used for the state's citizens in The Collections of the Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society since the 1870s.

The Quaboag Hills and Valley, the Quabbin Regions, and populated places stretching east towards Worcester are all locally known as " Hill Towns ;" a term interchangeable with the Hill Towns west of the Pioneer Valley.

In the 20th Century, the term Pioneer became synonymous with teetotallism among Irish Catholics, and the PTAA influenced public policy.

“ They are nearly racially pure ; we are not .” Kiffmeyer defended the text saying that its mention of racial purity must be understood in context, that it “ is simply descriptive ... That ’ s a genetic term ,” Kiffmeyer told the St. Paul Pioneer Press.

Ana Castillo has referred to herself as a Chicana, and her literary work reflects that she primarily considers the term to be a positive one of self-determination and political solidarity.

Most likely, the rise of the term Hesychasm reflects the coming to the fore of this practice as something concrete and specific that can be discussed.

If the term has nonetheless retained a certain consistency in its use across these fields and would-be movements, it perhaps reflects the word ’ s position in general English usage: though the standard dictionary definition of irreal gives it the same meaning as unreal, irreal is very rarely used in comparison with unreal.

The 1954 version of Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language, reflects the poorly grounded perceptions of the people whose use of the term effectively defined it for the people of that time: " a man supposed to have supernatural powers of curing disease and controlling spirits.

The association felt that the term ' lodging ' more accurately reflects the large variety of different style hotels, including luxury and boutique hotels, suites, inns, budget, and extended stay hotels.

The term " teleportation ", coined by Bennett, Brassard, Crépeau, Jozsa, Peres and Wootters, reflects the indistinguishability of quantum mechanical particles.

" While the Germanic word thus reflects a mythological notion of a " domain of Man " ( compare Midgard ), presumably as opposed to the divine sphere on the one hand and the chthonic sphere of the underworld on the other, the Greco-Latin term expresses a notion of creation as an act of establishing order out of chaos.

According to the Lena Komileva writing for The Financial Times, Capital Markets overtook bank lending as the leading source of long term finance in 2009-this reflects the additional risk aversion and regulation of banks following the 2008 financial crisis.

The term Anglo-Saxon thus reflects King Alfred's diplomatic integration of the Mercians Angles and the Saxons.

The term Fourier transform spectroscopy reflects the fact that in all these techniques, a Fourier transform is required to turn the raw data into the actual spectrum, and in many of the cases in optics involving interferometers, is based on the Wiener – Khinchin theorem.

The term laureate became associated with degrees awarded by European universities ( the term baccalaureate for the degree of bachelor reflects this idea ).

Helen Boyd, author of My Husband Betty and She's Not the Man I Married, has argued on her blog that cissexual is a less loaded term than cisgender and reflects fewer assumptions about the person's relationship to gender roles and the transgender community .< ref >

While the title generally reflects the ambassador's second head position as head of a diplomatic mission, in some countries the term may also represent a rank held by career diplomats, as a matter of internal promotion, regardless of the posting, and in many national careers it is quite common for them to be appointed to other functions, especially within the ministry / ministries in charge of foreign affairs, in some countries in systematic alternation with actual postings.

* Pluralist Generation, another term for Generation Z that reflects the pluralistic and fragmented society that those with birthdates between 1997-2012 are born into.

The use of the term also usually reflects negatively on the character or personality of the husband, and has a connotation of narcissism and desire to impress others, and that the husband would not be able to attract the sexual interest of the attractive woman but for his wealth or position.

Millennials are sometimes called the " Trophy Generation ", or " Trophy Kids ," a term that reflects the trend in competitive sports, as well as many other aspects of life, where mere participation is frequently enough for a reward.

In term of deception, a truth bias reflects a tendency to judge more messages as truths than lies, independent of their actual veracity.

Use of the term hypochondriasis for a state of disease without real cause, reflects the ancient belief that the viscera of the hypochondria were the seat of melancholy and source of the vapors that caused such morbid feelings.

Paul C. Bauschatz in 1976 suggested that the term reflects a pagan ritual which had a " great religious significance in the culture of the early Germanic people ".

The term, " the great white hope ," reflects the racism and segregation of the era in which Johnson fought.

: a. The term Rajah reflects traditional usage in Sarawak and English writing, although Raja may be better orthography in Malay.

In the Canadian Navy, however, the accepted definition of " NCO " reflects the international use of the term ( i. e. all grades of Petty Officer ).

* Approval rating, a polling term which reflects the approval of a particular person or program

The term intellectual property reflects the idea that this subject matter is the product of the mind or the intellect, and that IP rights may be protected at law in the same way as any other form of property.

The term was popularized by G. L. Trager and Bernard Bloch in a 1941 paper on English phonology and went on to become part of standard usage within the American structuralist tradition.

In a term coined by Peter Jørgensen, the " two-troll tradition ," a more concise frame of reference was found.

The term conservative was meant to signify that Jews should attempt to conserve Jewish tradition, rather than reform or abandon it, and does not imply the movement's adherents are politically conservative.

Historically, the term often referred to the combination of economic liberalism, which champions laissez-faire markets, with the classical conservatism concern for established tradition, respect for authority and religious values.

Computer music is a term that was originally used within academia to describe a field of study relating to the applications of computing technology in music composition ; particularly that stemming from the Western art music tradition.

Winter term is celebrated by Winter Carnival, a tradition started in 1911 by the Dartmouth Outing Club to promote winter sports.

The summer term was formerly marked by Tubestock, an unofficial tradition in which the students used wooden rafts and inner tubes to float on the Connecticut River.

Heidegger's term referred to a process of exploring the categories and concepts that tradition has imposed on a word, and the history behind them.

The International Folk Music Council definition allows that the term " can also be applied to music which has originated with an individual composer and has subsequently been absorbed into the unwritten, living tradition of a community.

It is possible the tradition was carried on by the local community after the travellers had left, or that long term trade led to the blurring of cultures.

The term " folk dance " is reserved for dances which are to a significant degree bound by tradition and originated in the times when the distinction existed between the

The term GUI is restricted to the scope of two-dimensional display screens with display resolutions able to describe generic information, in the tradition of the computer science research at the PARC ( Palo Alto Research Center ).

( Matthew avoids using the holy word God in the expression " Kingdom of God "; instead he prefers the term " Kingdom of Heaven ", reflecting the Jewish tradition of not speaking the name of God ).

The term " Gardnerian " was probably coined by the founder of Cochranian Witchcraft, Robert Cochrane in the 1950s or 60s, who himself left that tradition to found his own.

Instead, what is demonstrated in the definition of Hīnayāna given by Yijing, is that the term referred to individuals based on doctrinal differences with the Mahāyāna tradition.

The term is generally not used in art history in speaking of medieval painting, although the Western tradition was developing in large altarpieces, fresco cycles, and other works, as well as miniatures in illuminated manuscripts.

" Notes on the Judeo-Christian tradition in America ," American Quarterly, ( 1984 ) 36: 65 – 85, the standard history of the term in JSTOR

In this tradition, the term " libertarianism " in " libertarian socialism " is generally used as a synonym for anarchism, which some say is the original meaning of the term ; hence " libertarian socialism " is equivalent to " socialist anarchism " to these scholars.

As far as it is a reflexive practice philosophy always already incorporates its own considering e. g. by appealing to its own tradition, to its opponents or to its history ; thus historicist philosophies, such as Hegel's, are metaphilosophies without mention of the term.

The beginning of the 20th century marked the first time a movement in the arts was described as " avant-garde "— a term previously used in military and political contexts, which remained to describe movements which identify themselves as attempting to overthrow some aspect of tradition or the status quo.

The term was originally introduced by Thorstein Veblen in 1900, in his article ' Preconceptions of Economic Science ', to distinguish marginalists in the tradition of Alfred Marshall from those in the Austrian School.

The term is sometimes used in a more general sense to refer to any information about past events that people who experienced them tell anybody else, but professional historians usually consider this to be oral tradition.

Within this tradition, the medical model is a term for the complete " set of procedures in which all doctors are trained " ( R. D. Laing, 1972 ), including mental attitudes.

The term conflict of laws is primarily used in jurisdictions of the Common Law legal tradition, such as in the United States, England, Canada, and Australia.