There are no objective differences (objective means things you can measure with a ruler, or with fancier instruments). Both deer rifles and assault rifles are chambered for center fire cartridges firing bullets from 0.22 inches up to 0.44 inches at muzzle velocities in the ball park of 2800 foot per second. They have barrels ranging in length from 18 inches out to maybe 28 inches. They can be self loaders, or lever action or bolt action. Neither can be fully automatic (fully automatic is a machine gun). Fully automatic guns were made illegal back in Al Capone's time.
The main differences between deer rifles and assault rifles are matters of styling. Deer rifles are usually fitted with nicely finished walnut stocks and the metal is blued. Assault rifles have black plastic stocks, and the metal is given a variety of military finishes that look black and non reflective in daylight.
Which means the current hue and cry for "an assault weapons ban" is really a call to ban all firearms ownership. The anti gun crowd has taken the Parkland Florida massacre as an excuse to soap box for a ban on all gun ownership.
The Parkland shooter should have been identified as a homicidal maniac long ago and placed in a mental hospital. If we allow guys like that to run around loose, they will find a way to do evil even if they cannot purchase a gun over the counter at a gun store.
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