No he did not.Not that "Authorized Journalists" either know why they're wrong--or would give a damn if they did.
And the "facts" offered by the NY Daily News prove that point. The only reason they go into the machine gun spiel is to confuse. When they finally talk "semi-automatic," they say nothing about rate of fire, but instead scare their readers over "accuracy."
Besides--it gives wretched opportunist Furious Mike another photo op to tell us why his good-for-thee-but-not-for-me ban needs to be extended everywhere.
[Via David R]