[ProtectOurFreedom]

It probably went something like this:
Reporterette: “What bullet are you using?”
Sniper: “50 BMG, Ma’am.”
Reporterette: “What does ‘BMG’ stand for?”
Sniper: “Browning Machine Gun, Ma’am.”
Reporterette scribbling notes: “Shooting machine gun.”

[Paine in the Neck]

It probably went something like this:
Reporterette: “What bullet are you using?”
Sniper: “50 BMG, Ma’am.”
Reporterette: “What does ‘BMG’ stand for?”
Sniper: “Browning Machine Gun, Ma’am.”
Reporterette scribbling notes: “Shooting machine gun.”

This is also my surmise.

[COBOL2Java]

It probably went something like this:
Reporterette: “What bullet are you using?”
Sniper: “50 BMG, Ma’am.”
Reporterette: “What does ‘BMG’ stand for?”
Sniper: “Browning Machine Gun, Ma’am.”
Reporterette scribbling notes: “Shooting machine gun.”

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Wouldn't surprise me if the reporterette didn't want to ask the sniper "Couldn't you just shoot to knock the gun out of the guy's hands?"