Missouri high school student charged with possessing two machine guns

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

World | Thu Feb 25, 2016 2:03pm EST

Missouri high school student charged with possessing two machine guns

KANSAS CITY, MO | BY KEVIN MURPHY

A Missouri high school student has been charged with possessing two machine guns after he showed up at school dressed in military clothing and body armor while carrying a loaded pistol in his backpack, federal officials said on Thursday.

Michael T. Knoth, 19, was arrested at Tarkio High School in northwestern Missouri on Feb. 11 after another student told a teacher that Knoth showed him a loaded magazine, according to a news release from the office of U.S. Attorney Tammy Dickinson in Kansas City. The school was placed on lockdown.

The teacher alerted Tarkio police, who searched Knoth's backpack and found a loaded 9mm semi-automatic pistol, six loaded 9mm pistol magazines, three loaded .223- or .556-caliber magazines, a spring-assisted knife, a seat belt cutter and a window punch, federal officials said.

Police also found two loaded 9mm magazines and 15 loaded .223/.556-caliber magazines in his car parked outside the school.

Later, police searched a bedroom in Knoth's home, where they discovered two different machine guns, one of which was loaded; ammunition and loaded magazines, federal officials said. The loaded gun had no visible serial numbers or manufacturer's stamp, officials said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-missouri-machineguns-idUSKCN0VY2L8

[hifiguy]

1. Lovely.

Wonder what he had planned?

[jpak]

4. A law abidin' spree

n/t

[onehandle]

2. Find the source. Arrest the source. nt

[mainstreetonce]

6. You've got it

We have to charge the irresponsible sellers or suppliers.

A bedroom in his home? Parents should be held responsible.

[Kaleva]

9. He lived alone.

[jpak]

3. Convict him and take his guns

yup

[mainstreetonce]

5. Find out how he got the guns

The supplier goes to a very long jail term.

[Kaleva]

7. Some more info

"Investigators also searched Knoth’s home. During a search of the southwest bedroom, investigators found a loaded machine gun in the closet, an AR-style .223/.556 pistol, containing no visible serial numbers or manufacturer stamp. They found a second machine gun, an UZI-style 9mm firearm (unknown manufacture), in the dresser. Investigators found a receipt from M&A Parts, Inc., which listed various firearm parts, including an M16 LPK part kit with auto sear. (An auto sear is a device used to turn a semi-automatic rifle into a fully automatic rifle.) Investigators also found numerous rounds of ammunition and numerous loaded .223/.556 and 9mm magazines throughout the residence."

http://www.justice.gov/usao-wdmo/pr/tarkio-high-school-student-charged-possessing-machine-guns

A link to the part I put in bold.

https://www.mapartsinc.com/shop/details.asp?id=583

[EL34x4]

11. So did he have an actual, functioning machine gun?

Or did he have a mishmash of parts which, with the proper knowledge, could have theoretically been used to assemble an actual, functioning machine gun?

Just curious. It's really a moot point. The law doesn't care one way or the other.

[Kaleva]

12. Here's links to other articles

"Special agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms field tested the AR-style and UZI-style firearms, both of which displayed traits of a machine gun according to the affidavit."

http://fox4kc.com/2016/02/24/mo-teen-already-facing-state-weapons-charges-now-faces-federal-counts-as-well/

"According to a signed affidavit from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, a search of Knoth's Tarkio residence turned up a loaded AR-style .223/.556 pistol, an UZI-style 9mm rifle and a kit used to turn a semi-automatic firearm into a fully modified weapon. The ATF said modification of the hole and pin above the selector switch in the AR-type firearm is associated with machine gun modification. The ATF said both weapons were field tested and "displayed traits of a machine gun," according to the affidavit."

http://www.newspressnow.com/news/local_news/article_caf46d28-c58d-5661-9b4c-35d9064171af.html

[Chuuku Davis]

14. Sorry, the autosear doesn't work that way

Those parts do NOT turn an AR into a machinegun
The autosear will not fit without machine work
Cops, FBI and ATF love to trumpet those statements and charges but the charges are always dropped

But the kid needs to be in jail on the primary charges
Wonder what his mental health dx is?

[Kaleva]

15. See post #12

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

8. Unmarked machine guns? Illegal since 1936.

Good to see existing laws working.

[Bucky]

10. Another 2nd amendment hero. If someone shoots up that school now, blame the cops

For all yall know, this kid was just the good guy with a gun we need to stop the next bad guy with a gun! Ever think of that, huh? Or are you wunna those liberals who think every American hero who walks around armed to the teeth is a potential danger to his neighbors?

[hack89]

16. No. Another criminal. nt

[jwirr]

13. Did this young man have parents? Who was he living with?

All of this and no one knew about it?