We saw it - we're armed. And in AZ I can shoot anyone committing arson legally. Even if it's not my property.

I really need to talk to the makers of the minigun here in PHX about milling a consumer version that's crank operated (I got the research itch after finding out they're legal as table salt).

6 barrels manually powered will still throw 800 rounds per minute. The trick is finding a caliber with a sweet spot in price per round and penetration, including whatever feeding mech is devised. Standard gravity with 2-3 people manually inserting loading blocks is one method, but I'm thinking a shaker-sorter would also work. Obviously de-linkers could also be used but now we're adding cost-per-round again.

There is a slight possibility of rolling our own ammo for resale to make it work. The only thing that 'seems' to be a hang-up is the cost of brass casings - the more I delve into it - the more I'm amazed at it's resiliency (and why it's endured so long). If it could be replaced with something cheaper and still be safe - that'd be great - but I'm not finding anything remotely close (there are others but they've got issues including cost).

I'd base it on the Colt Conservation program which includes the 1877 bull-dog, but I'd want to make it lighter, and make style modifications including other interface adjustments. Granted it doesn't have the 'angry fan' sound of a true minigun at 3500-7000rpm - but it'll still make one hell of a racket (there's great demo videos of the bull-dog on YouTube with the 5 barrel design).

Then I'd sell it to Cybertruck buyers. 1m pre-orders and rising, who wouldn't want to turn it into an urban defense platform? I sure would - and I'm sure more than 50 others would too. The last mass produced Gatling gun only sold 50 at 50k a pop. I could easily reduce that by half, or more if advanced orders came in.

God I love AZ. So many machine shops, so many gun companies, so many military contractors and a ton of crazy engineers and machinists all ready to try ... anything.