Tactical schmactical. The most over used term relevant to the issue of firearms is Assault Weapon. Any THING used to attack/assault another person is an assault weapon...from sticks to cars, to 747's. Tied for 1st place is the term Assault Rifle. By definition this applies to arms capable of automatic or burst fire modes. We have allowed the anti's to distort and change this definition in the public view. When we use this term in reference to semi-auto firearms(regardless of there cosmetic appearance) we validate this distortion and lend credibility to the anti's in the view of the un, or mis-educated. Let's call things what they are: an AR15 is a semi-auto rifle, a M16 is an assault rifle. And so on.
Dan
Almost forgot...use of the term "evil feature(s)" only gives the anti's more fuel for their arguments. i.e: "Gee, even those gun nuts call flash suppressors, bayonet lugs, and collapsible stocks 'evil'." How about we start calling them LEGITIMATE features.
Ok, rant off.