Original sentence: According to the Associated Press Stylebook, the media should differentiate between "assault rifles", which are capable of fully automatic firing, and "assault weapons", which are semiautomatic and "not synonymous with assault rifle".The term "assault rifle" is sometimes conflated with the term "assault weapon"
Edited sentence: According to the Associated Press Stylebook, the media should differentiate between "assault weapons", which is a made up term used by the media and gun control groups in an attempt to compare legal semiautomatic firearms to military select fire "assault rifles".The term "assault rifle" is sometimes disingenuously conflated with the term "assault weapon"