One could also ask at what point did the word rifle which has been used possibly for hundreds of years get the word assault added to the front of it. Who was the first person, company etc. that used that term?
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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.
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"?
in that case you could probably trace it back to the sturmgewehr which means 'assault rifle" and the people who used it.
I ran up on this a while back.
http://www.assaultweapon.info/
I read a article that talked about the origins of this to but may have to dig a bit to find it. Basically, it's a made up term to make a AR seem worse. Thing is, a rifle with a traditional wood stock shoots the same round as a AR. If anything, most AR rifles have somewhat shorter barrels. Either rifle can be just as deadly as the other.