Hi there STEELEREDUX...

Let me be the first to inform you, there are enough guns in our community 'now,' to mount a dozen such massacres. Even the humble .22LR, if used correctly, will inflict a high rate of casualties. Ask Mossad who regularly employ the humble .22 shorts, to do their assassin's work for them. Sufficient energy to penetrate the skull, and leave it to the little lead projectile, to skew about happily, in the brain. The Sniper's credo - 'Shot placement' triumphs all else.

Even a 'cheap 'n nasty' Boito single shot 12g, in the practiced hands of a shooter, is very deadly indeed. You don't need to rely on a lever or slide action weapon to render mayhem in the community. Fear alone will often paralyse potential victims when confronted with imminent death.

Steels,

For your edification, anyone using a Martini single shot shotgun can put down withering fire and if two people man it, firer and loader then the rate of fire will exceed that of almost any other shotgun.

It's Category A, unlike the Brown Bess muskets of the First Fleet, with their rate of fire of 3 to 4 shots a minute, which type of deadly weapon is Category B and requires a more restricted licence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pijt-rB8g0o
The technology of 1788 is fearsome when compared to that of today.
http://allthingsliberty.com/2013/07/the-inaccuracy-of-muskets/

Just to keep you better informed.

Dear o sung wu,

I think there is a very good reason why an AR15 seems to be preferable for a mass shooter than any .22 variety of weapon but leaving that aside I wondering what you make of this blokes assessment of the killer's gun club?

http://www.facebook.com/memmbachewbaccha/videos/1887326531378466/

My assessment of the speaker is that he is lost for adjectives, what he says is probably true; he saw it, he said it so it must be true.

He also said that he warned the police, apparently, nothing was done
perhaps someone's unsubstantiated word is not enough to start things rolling in NZ.

steele,

"I think there is a very good reason why an AR15 seems to be preferable for a mass shooter than any .22 variety of weapon...".

The AR 15 is a .22 calibre weapon (5.56 mm =0.219 in, which to two places is 0.22), it is not the most powerful .22, so what's the point, apart from displaying your ignorance of the subject?

Hi there STEELEREDUX...

Thank you for your extract. I found the bloke relating the tale somewhat unconvincing. As if it was he alone, who was aware of the failures of the said Gun Club. Moreover, he believed he alone was the only one intelligent enough, to forewarn the authorities of it's (the Club's) alleged deficiencies, so he claimed?

I don't know all the facts Steele, so it's hard for me to form a balanced opinion, one way or another. It's been my experience in the past, some people believe, they alone have all the answers and watch out, anyone else who wishes to shift that mantle from them.

However, if he was the only credible witness, that was available to me, the first thing I'd do, is tell him to 'lose' all the expletives ASAP, before all semblance of credibility is lost completely.