Santa Monica shooter built his own weapon

[struggle4progress]

By Carter Evans

... The assault rifle that 23-year-old John Zawahri used in his Santa Monica shooting spree is illegal in California. But Police Chief Jacqueline Seabrooks said Zawahri came up with an enterprising solution.

"We know Zawahri was able to buy gun components from various sources across the country to build his own .223 semi-automatic rifle," she said.

Components to build a semi-automatic rifle are available on the Internet. So are the assembly instructions ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57589444/santa-monica-shooter-built-his-own-weapon/

[GeorgeGist]

1. Where were the good guys?

[Mopar151]

2. And your point is? That some form of semi-auto is illegal in California?

there is a far more important facet of this buried at the end of the article:

Police say one of the reasons Zawahri may have used a homemade gun in his shooting rampage could be because his request to obtain a gun in 2011 was denied.

So, there's another end-run around the background check to look out for. The whole semi-auto thing isn't much - it's the big magazines, full-auto convertability and the styling that attracts the freaks.