More nitpicking by the Globe & Mail. Now we know the assault rifle used to kill four Mounties was a semi-automatic (gasp) and hadn't been modified to be fully automatic.

Naturally, the Globe is not asking: "What good is a $1.5 billion (with a B) gun registry when even a known criminal who had been specifically prohibited from owning rifles had three guns and was able, apparently, to outfire the Mounties?"