Just a small point but one I feel compelled to make ,, this mans weapon was most likely a SKS-47 not an AK-47 , AK = automatic Kalishnikov , SKS = semi-automatic Kalishnikov ,,, I doubt he has a class 3 license for a fully automatic weapon... The weapon model is almost always inaccurately reported in the media..
You don't know what you are talking about. The SKS is not a Kalashnikov of any sort. It is the Simonov Self Loading Carbine. SKS is short for Samozaryadnyi Karabin Simonova.
What is guy had was likely a semi-auto,non-NFA Kalashnikov rifle. These are widely available on the market and are basically a rifle consisting of parts from a real imported AK with a new receiver which cannot accept the selective fire components. What he had was probably a Kalashnikov just not an Avtomat Kalashnikov.
"Just a small point but one I feel compelled to make ,, this mans weapon was most likely a SKS-47 not an AK-47 , AK = automatic Kalishnikov , SKS = semi-automatic Kalishnikov ,,, I doubt he has a class 3 license for a fully automatic weapon... The weapon model is almost always inaccurately reported in the media.."
Minor point, AK stands for avtomat klashnikov or klashnikov rifle. The SKS fires the same cartridge but uses a different action. The AK available to us civilians is semi-auto but still an AK