In other words we know it's a weapon, but we choose not to use the term in order to throw off the legislators?
Does anyone honestly believe this would make a difference?
It doesn't make a difference to the dead...
Weapons are weapons, a duck is a duck, old graveyards are filled with people killed by the state of the art weapon of the day, muzzleloaders...
Bust because there are more rapid firing weapons out there, doesn't make muzzleloaders less lethal...