Airstrip One
Completely Effed
That was not the question being addressed in this thread.
What you had here was a bunch of rightwing know-it-alls, and arm chair experts claiming there is basically no difference between traditional hunting rifles, and modified-for-civilian-sale military assault rifles.
One-shot, one kill, skill, and stealth is what most hunters I know appreciate about their sport.
Laying down a hailstorm of lead on a deer, will high velocity bullets designed to pulverize flesh is not the kind of traditional, skill-based, one-shot-one-kill hunting I am familiar with.
There is certainly a difference. Those other firearms can be used for home defense, self-defense, hunting and/or recreation. The AR-15, and equivalent weapons, however, can be used for 2nd Amendment purposes.