Perhaps the easiest distinction is between small arms and crewed weapons. A gun (like a machine gun or a field artillery piece) has multiple operators rather than just one.
I guess they can use whatever terminology they want, but in my mind anything with a barrel and an explosive propellant is a gun. It's kind of like the government misusing the term machine gun. I can't stop them, but it doesn't change what machine gun actually means.
Perhaps the easiest distinction is between small arms and crewed weapons. A gun (like a machine gun or a field artillery piece) has multiple operators rather than just one.
I guess they can use whatever terminology they want, but in my mind anything with a barrel and an explosive propellant is a gun. It's kind of like the government misusing the term machine gun. I can't stop them, but it doesn't change what machine gun actually means.
I thought your rifle was for shooting and your gun was for fun?