Missouri high school student charged with possessing two machine guns

[WhiteTara]

http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-high-school-student-charged-possessing-two-machine-190319061.html

KANSAS CITY, Mo (Reuters) - 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.

[Chakab]

1. 19 and still in high school?

[WhiteTara]

3. My thought too

[jmowreader]

9. It depends on the date of your birth

The law on school attendance in Idaho says you may start the first grade this year if you will be six years old on October 15. If my brother would have been born on October 16, he would have been held out of school for a year, and would have graduated at 19.

This kid is either in this kind of situation, or he failed a grade. Either way, he still doesn't get to own machine guns.

[pstokely]

11. some people delay entry to Kindergarten by a year

thinking the kid will be the biggest instead of the smallest in the class, or maybe he was held back a grade

[valerief]

2. Don't children have a gawd-given right to machine guns? Doesn't 2A apply to them, too?

Damn commies!

[WhiteTara]

4. In this case, he's a young adult

and is being charged if federal court.

[valerief]

5. An adult in high school? Well, stupid is as stupid does. nt

[phylny]

8. Not necessarily true.

Many parents hold their children back a year before enrolling them in Kindergarten, and therefore they'll be a year older in their senior year of high school.

[Paladin]

6. Showing up at high school, dressed in military clothing and body armor.

Big tip-off of a likely tragedy in the making. Glad they stopped this kid before he could act.

[WhiteTara]

7. He had quite the arsenal. nt

[pintobean]

10. If you're looking for some trouble

You can find it on the Tarkio Road

[Recursion]

12. Sounds like they were homemade

Though whether the reporter actually means "machine gun" or not makes a huge difference there.

[pintobean]

13. A more detailed description

During a search of a 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, 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.

Investigators also found numerous rounds of ammunition and numerous loaded .223/.556 and 9mm magazines throughout the residence.

http://www.kctv5.com/story/31316760/tarkio-high-school-student-charged-with-possessing-machine-guns