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I know some gun folks are shocked at the idea, but those guns are contraband, just like a big stash of heroin or a tactical nuke. There is no legal way they can be retained. Not welded up, not parts removed, not barrels plugged. They can't even be destroyed, since that would be another crime, destruction of evidence in a felony.
Yes, sometimes it is possible to donate such guns to a government-owned museum, but that has to be done by the BATFE/police after the guns are surrendered. When a person becomes aware of a felony, he does not have the option to deal with the situation at his convenience or to go shopping for a museum. So, even stripping the receivers, another often recommended action, is not legal (again, destruction of evidence), plus delay in reporting a felony.
So our hypothetical guns, found by the hypothetical home-owner, would be very illegal and any action other than abandonment would be illegal as well.
Jim
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