That is a really interesting question! I would bet it had some type of propaganda attached to it. Some group or person representing a group. I would like to know the root of that problem though. Because it's a huge problem. Words control more things that we realize. They can sway entire nations.
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indeed, the first people to use the term assault rifle called theirs a "sturmgewehr"
Sehr gut.
I'm pretty sure the Bolsheviks did it first. The socialist/communists of Russia did it first. Lenin and Stalin both disarmed the population.
...with bolt action rifles.
No, they had semiautomatic and automatic weapons. http://www.winterwar.com/Weapons/SuSmallArms/SURifles.htm
and did they call those "assault rifles"?