https://www.cbsnews.com/news/alligator- ... 018-07-03/a deputy who shot the giant reptile with a semi-automatic rifle
In this second link on the same incident, the rifle was described more accurately.
https://www.policeone.com/patrol-issues ... d-in-tree/With a single shot from his AR-15 rifle, a Lake County deputy sheriff quickly put an end to a large alligator that had a teenage girl trapped in a tree for nearly an hour, authorities said Monday.
I can just imagine the conversation with the CBS editor. Wait, he shot the alligator with what? Isn't that one of those horrible assault rifles? But since it was in the hands of law enforcement lets just call it what it really is, a semiautomatic rifle.