I hate to break this to you. If you look up the armys defined meaning of AR-15. It falls under assault rifle. You are both denying the text book meaning of this word and what The President has said. I thank you for your personal input but I would rather go off the defined meaning of the word through the book and take the Presidents word for it then what Pro Gun people say.
Look on this website.
AR 15 Assault Rifles For Sale
http://www.proguns.com/assaultrifles.asp
Even a PRO GUN website is calling them assult rifles. its right in the the website url. Not good enough?
he AR-15 is a common assualt rifle. Very similar in looks to an M-16, but not exactly.
AR does NOT stand for Assault Rifle, as is commonly believed. AR stands for the original company that manufactured it, ArmaLite. ArmaLite sold their rights to the AR-10 and AR-15 designs in 1959 to Colt.
With a simple barrel and receiver switch, this rifle can fire 14 different calibers and sizes of ammunition, ranging from .22LR to .50BMG.
Completely customizable, this rifle can also be a personal defense firearm at less than 36 inches long, to a sniper rifle over 50 inches.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=AR-15
I understand your upset people are using this term but denying that term. Doesn't make yours any more accurate.