OH: Man uses Rifle in Self Defense

In this story, a man used a rifle in self defense.  The article says that it was an "automatic" rifle, but it was almost certainly a semi-automatic.  Legal automatic rifles are exceedingly rare.  Another interesting point is that the factory that makes Hi-Point carbines is in Mansfield, so it would be interesting to learn if the rifle was a Hi-Point. 

200 block of South Diamond Street, Mansfield - A man told police Sunday night that after someone knocked at the door , a person inside the residence opened the door and he heard a gunshot. He then ran upstairs to get his automatic rifle and began shooting through the floor at the unknown suspects below, in self defense. When he came back downstairs, everyone was gone.

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