I resent your (probably intentional) choice of names. Were you trying to pick on rednecks/hicks?
Anyways, most likely: he does nothing.
Your option A is silly. First, 1000 rounds of .223 is fairly heavy (that's > 30 magazines of normal size). Second, "Unregistered"? "Unlicensed"? What good is paperwork going to do if he decides to shoot someone?
We already have ( http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#background ) federal measures regulating gun sales, so we do try not to make things super-easy for felons and the like.
Also, your option B is dumb. Days or weeks, instead of a fast job with some piping to make a really ghetto shotgun? What does small caliber even mean to you? You are correct that it would be non-semiauto, as the mechanics of an open-bolt automatic weapon are simpler than even a bolt-action weapon (compare, say, the M3 greasegun to a Mauser). I could go on.
Lastly, you omit the option where he attacks them with a knife, or makes a simple blackpowder IED, or what not.
The only firearms in the US (federal level) that are registered are NFA items (machine guns, suppressors, short barreled rifles and shotguns, etc).
Firearms are not "licensed", people are. And in the US, in a vast majority of the states, there is no required licensing of people wanting to own a weapon. States like Illinois or New York are the exception.
> I resent your (probably intentional) choice of names. Were you trying to pick on rednecks/hicks?
Apologies. I was trying to use a "generic" name.
> Second, "Unregistered"? "Unlicensed"? What good is paperwork going to do if he decides to shoot someone?
I expect he'll be less likely to kill people if he knows the weapon is tied to him. (and he might not have it in the first place, which is the case if I try to buy one in Australia right now)
> What does small caliber even mean to you?
I mean say a .22 instead of a center fire. Less killing power. bolt action also means less killing power (i.e. much slower)
> Lastly, you omit the option where he attacks them with a knife, or makes a simple blackpowder IED, or what not.
knife could harm or kill just a couple of people. IED is in the same range as a homemade gun in that it takes a long time and lots of effort to make.
> You're just being alarmist and ignorant.
Actually, I own a .30-06 and a 12 gauge and regularly go hunting.
> If he's already hot-blooded, it seems reasonable that he won't care.
Good point, he might do it anyway due to "blind rage"
> Ah, okay, but why not something like a 12-gauge shell, or just a blunderbuss? Or just normal/common 9mm/.45 ammunition?
I was making the assumption that any home-made rifle would be crude and small caliber, probably bolt-action (at best). I was assuming it would have less "killing power" because of the time to re-load and crudeness of it all. (I was not commenting on the force of the round itself)
> Mankind has been using knives to kill in great numbers since we discovered the first sharp flint. Even in only the past ten years:
The first incident was 8 children killed (and let's be honest, you can kill 7 and 8 year olds with your hands). The second incident was 3 adults killed. That's a lot different that 12 dead and 70 people shot overall with a semi-auto.
> Cool. What models, out of curiosity?
The .30-06 is a Remington 700 XCR. Up here in Yukon by law you must use a minimum of .30 for bison, so it's good for them (we gone one last year), moose (we got two), caribou (still looking). The season opens next week, can't wait.
Bolt Action means less killing power? WTF. You claim to be a hunter with an '06, yet you think a .223 is more powerful?
The .30-06 is roughly 3x more powerful than the .223 fired by an AR15 which is really just a glorified varmint round.
I seriously doubt you really shoot/hunt/own weapons based on the statements you just made.
I meant "less" because it's so much slower to reload.
I was not commenting on the "power" of the rifle/round itself.
Obviously, a muzzle loading .50 has lots of "power", but I'd wager you couldn't kill many people in a movie theater with one, as apposed to a semi-auto (of any caliber, really).
Anyways, most likely: he does nothing.
Your option A is silly. First, 1000 rounds of .223 is fairly heavy (that's > 30 magazines of normal size). Second, "Unregistered"? "Unlicensed"? What good is paperwork going to do if he decides to shoot someone? We already have ( http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp#background ) federal measures regulating gun sales, so we do try not to make things super-easy for felons and the like.
Also, your option B is dumb. Days or weeks, instead of a fast job with some piping to make a really ghetto shotgun? What does small caliber even mean to you? You are correct that it would be non-semiauto, as the mechanics of an open-bolt automatic weapon are simpler than even a bolt-action weapon (compare, say, the M3 greasegun to a Mauser). I could go on.
Lastly, you omit the option where he attacks them with a knife, or makes a simple blackpowder IED, or what not.
You're just being alarmist and ignorant.