The police say they're full auto.
I'm just a little skeptical that there are very many people who drive a Caravan around with an expired registration who have the funds to acquire fully automatic AKs or the gunsmithing skills to convert semi-automatic AKs to fully automatic. (It's still probably a lot easier for a criminal to acquire a scary-looking AK on the cheap in Georgia than in California.)
“The police say they’re full auto.”
Reporters like to pretend all AK’s and AR’s are full auto, so normally I’m skeptical, but the article was very specific about saying they were illegally modified to be full auto.
But my point remains. California’s laws only serve to disarm normal citizens while leaving the criminals fully armed.