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Sniper weapons should be restricted (California Freedom Grabbers)
San Jose Mercury News ^
| 7-28-03
Posted on 07/30/2003 8:26:54 AM PDT by Dan from Michigan
Edited on 04/13/2004 3:31:37 AM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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A .50-caliber BMG sniper rifle, in the wrong hands, would be terrorism unleashed.
The gun is powerful enough to punch a hole in an oil tank or take down a civilian airplane. Its 5 1/2-inch long bullets can pierce an inch of armor 40 yards away and hit a target a mile away. A massive weapon, with some models weighing in at 28 pounds, it's ill-suited for hunters -- it would take out a deer and the tree behind it -- but ideal for assassins.
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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: banglist; bmg; feinstein; koertz; mcpherson
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The burden should be on those who want .50 caliber sniper rifles to explain why, not on government to justify restricting them. It's none of your f'n business why. Last I checked, we were innocent until proven guilty.
To: *bang_list
Boom
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:28:26 AM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("If it feels good, Do It! Don't Think Twice!" - Lynyrd Skynyrd)
To: Dan from Michigan
A .50-caliber BMG sniper rifle, in the wrong hands, would be terrorism unleashed. A box cutter, in the wrong hands, would be terrorism unleashed.
To: Dan from Michigan
How does someone who brands himself as a Republican get elected in Santa Cruz, anyways?
To: Dan from Michigan
Incrementalism... the left's evil plan to control firearms. A 300 magnum (rifle) will bring down an elephant. Where does it stop? 50 caliber rifles were standard issue in the civil war.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:31:59 AM PDT
by
bedolido
(Quitters Never Win! Winners Never Quit! But those who never win and never quit are idiots!)
To: Dan from Michigan
The burden should be on those who want .50 caliber sniper rifles to explain whyCongressman Henry Waxman, in his speeches advocating such a ban, always mentions the ability of the .50 cal. to pierce armored limousines.
Maybe he has a guilty conscience?
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:32:02 AM PDT
by
Jim Noble
To: Dan from Michigan
Who has the "Vote from the rooftops" picture and knows how to post it? Most appropriate for this thread!
Hat-Trick
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:32:41 AM PDT
by
Hat-Trick
(only criminals, their advocates, and tyrants need fear guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens)
To: Jim Noble
Maybe he has a guilty conscience? Do Fascists like Waxman have a conscience?
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:33:00 AM PDT
by
Dan from Michigan
("If it feels good, Do It! Don't Think Twice!" - Lynyrd Skynyrd)
To: Dan from Michigan
Once again the leaders of Kommunist Kalifornia are on the move.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:34:47 AM PDT
by
scooter2
To: Dan from Michigan
Something has to be done about all of those .50 cal sniper shootings.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:35:33 AM PDT
by
Search4Truth
(When a man lies he murders some part of the world.)
To: Dan from Michigan
"The burden should be on those who want .50 caliber sniper rifles to explain why, not on government to justify restricting them."Freedom is foreign to these sick bastards!
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:37:33 AM PDT
by
spunkets
To: Hat-Trick
Better yet where I can get that T-shirt, but looking high and low, mostly low.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:37:39 AM PDT
by
dts32041
(So how do you like taxation with representation?)
To: Dan from Michigan
"it's ill-suited for hunters"It's also ill-suited for stirring soup -- So friggin' what?
They've gotta think the Second Amendment only applies to hunting. No other explanation.
To: Dan from Michigan
"Assault weapons" wasn't evil enough? Now they have to label things "sniper weapons"? What gun kills more people in America than any other? I'll bet it's the .22
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:39:59 AM PDT
by
djf
To: Dan from Michigan
Its 5 1/2-inch long bullets can pierce an inch of armor 40 yards awayThis reminds me of the kung fu movie I saw a few weeks ago that showed a slo-mo of a bullet in flight - still in the casing. Sounds like they've got some real firearms experts on this.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:40:52 AM PDT
by
snarkpup
("Once the Earth goes, the whole planet's going to be next." - Kelly Bundy)
To: Dan from Michigan
How long before we are reading that a .50 caliber can knock a train off its tracks?
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:41:42 AM PDT
by
Rebelbase
(In moderation of course.)
To: Hat-Trick
This fits too.
To: Dan from Michigan; phasma proeliator; jdogbearhunter
A .50-caliber BMG sniper rifle, in the wrong hands, would be terrorism unleashed.
Rephrase that to be:
A box cutter, in the wrong hands, would be terrorism unleashed.
What a bunch of BS.
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:44:44 AM PDT
by
da_toolman
(Islam is to peace as a dog is to your leg)
To: Dan from Michigan
The gun is powerful enough to punch a hole in an oil tank or take down a civilian airplane And satellites. Don't forget satellites in orbit...
To: Dan from Michigan
"It's an 88 Magnum. It shoots through schools."
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posted on
07/30/2003 8:46:41 AM PDT
by
Chemist_Geek
("Drill, R&D, and conserve" should be our watchwords! Energy independence for America!)
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