What bothers me is they have not got the types of weapons the Tsarnaevs possessed. Did they have more in their house? Usually this is the first thing we find out about. The media will report on the types of weapons the perp used when they want to scare the American public about weapons purchased legally. When the Tsarnaevs had weapons that were acquired illegally, the media goes mum. They don’t want the law abiding gun owner thinking his compliance does no good.
I have found where the Tsarnaevs’ rifles were described as “automatic” through, what I can imagine, was leaked information.
Or ignorance on the part of the reporter, who is blissfully unaware of the distinction between semi-automatic and full-automatic.