[John H K]

The media describes pretty much any weapon that has a magazine of more than one round as a "machine gun."

Whether it's semi-auto, auto, or not. They'll describe an M-16, an Uzi, etc. as a "Machine Gun" even though nobody in the military would.

[templar]

Whether it's semi-auto, auto, or not. They'll describe an M-16, an Uzi, etc. as a "Machine Gun" even though nobody in the military would.

Parts kits and dummy guns also seem to get described this way on occasion. Wonder if these were actually parts kit imports and not actual functional machine guns? Two tons seems more like a commercial shipment than a clandestine terrorist smuggling effort, but who knows (or ever will know)?