[Disambiguator]

Police say the shooting may have involved an AK-47

I may be wrong, but I thought the AK-47 was a true selective-fire "assault" rifle (Sturmgewehr). Maybe it was really a semi-auto AK variant, but the press is trying to hysteria-ize the gun issue to whip up support of reinstating the poorly named "assault weapon" ban.

[TalonDJ]

I thought the AK-47 was a true selective-fire "assault" rifle

No, a real AK-47 is not 'select fire'. It is full-auto or nothing.