Could not have been an assault rifle! They found Russian short cases so just assumed it was an AK-47. It could have been a SKS or even one of those rare RUGER bolt action rifles in that caliber (I held one of those 24 years ago. Should have bought it).
Besides. AKs and SKS are illegal in Cali. They have a gun law!
It could have been a Ruger Mini 30 which is legal in cali. They have no clue what firearm was used but they are still telling lies as if they have that knowledge.
Thank you for your explanation re ordinance.
What concerns me is the date this happened is over 10 months ago and if there were an article in the paper or on the telly, I missed it.