No one, absolutly NO ONE has said it was fully automatic. The term Semi Automatic has been used by every public oficial on the news. This is how the crap starts, someone does not listen and then the world thinks he had a machine gun. You dont just go to the store and get a machine gun. All AR15s that are available for sale to the general public are semi automatics. I have two, they are no more or less dangerous than the standard semi automatic deer rifes or hand held pistols.
The guy is a nut, flat out lost his god damm mind. I think there is more to the apt thing. Of course the police say that they were the target, I think not, I think the stereo went off at midnight and he thought the neighbor would trip the door, blow up the building and start a huge fire, all the police, fire and rescue people would have been there when the shooting occored and he felt he would have more time as it would have been tough to pull away from there not to mention the 911 call center would have been loaded up and the calls from the theater would not have gone right through. This is a very calculating physco and had that building gone up in flames a lot more people would have suffered and not been able to get help right away. THIS KID IS JUST FLAT OUT SICK.