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Tennessee’s new official state rifle is so powerful it can ‘destroy commercial aircraft’
Washington Post Wonkblog ^ | February 26, 2016 | Christopher Ingraham

Posted on 02/28/2016 1:53:03 PM PST by Olog-hai

The Barrett .50 caliber rifle is a powerful gun. Widely used in the military, its rounds can "penetrate light armor, down helicopters, destroy commercial aircraft, and blast through rail cars," according to a report from the Violence Policy Center, a gun safety group. The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence describes .50 caliber rifles like the Barrett as "among the most destructive weapons legally available to civilians in the United States."

And as of Wednesday, the Barrett .50 caliber is now the official state rifle of Tennessee, joining an illustrious roster of other state symbols including the raccoon (state wild animal), the tomato (state fruit), and Tennessee cave salamander (state amphibian).

The gun's inventor, Ronnie Barrett, is a Tennessee native and NRA board member who was referred to as "the rock superstar in the world of weapons" at a 2014 birthday bash attended by politicians Mike Huckabee, Lamar Alexander, Marsha Blackburn and others. The rifle bearing his name is manufactured in Christiana, Tennessee. ...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: 88magnum; banglist; barrett50caliber; gungrabbers; rkba; shootsthroughschools; staterifle; tennesseee; violencepolicycenter; washingtoncompost
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To: Olog-hai

Is it a black, scary looking, semi-full-automatic rifle with 30 round cop-killing “clips”?


21 posted on 02/28/2016 2:06:34 PM PST by PROCON
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To: Smokin' Joe

Yep. I knew their notion of “gun safety” is more along the lines of “gun prohibition.”


22 posted on 02/28/2016 2:09:05 PM PST by Jagdgewehr (It will take blood.)
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To: Olog-hai
its rounds can "penetrate light armor, down helicopters, destroy commercial aircraft, and blast through rail cars,"

Wow that could hurt! I wonder what the probability is of one round actually doing this? Close to zero. However, a nuclear weapon in the hands of the Iranian could kill millions of Americans. I think that I will worry about the latter.

23 posted on 02/28/2016 2:12:06 PM PST by centurion316
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To: Olog-hai

Yes, i can shoot down a commercial jet from 1000 miles away with a single shot!


24 posted on 02/28/2016 2:13:02 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: Organic Panic

Are you tired yet?


25 posted on 02/28/2016 2:13:47 PM PST by mcshot (The "Greatest Generation" would never have allowed the trashing of our Republic.)
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To: Olog-hai

“It shoots through schools.”


26 posted on 02/28/2016 2:14:34 PM PST by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

Better boost the orbit of the International Space Station just in case. Guess this guy was raised on the Island of Moronica. Or did he grow up in Dumbassistan.


27 posted on 02/28/2016 2:15:49 PM PST by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: TigersEye

I shot the moon with mine. Got scared when i borrowed my dad’s navy binocs and saw all the craters.


28 posted on 02/28/2016 2:17:53 PM PST by mcshot (The "Greatest Generation" would never have allowed the trashing of our Republic.)
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To: Olog-hai

Rumor has it that Ronnie is developing a .50 cal exploding bacon cored Kryponite bullet next!


29 posted on 02/28/2016 2:18:26 PM PST by Carthego delenda est
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To: BenLurkin
The globalists want to feel safe in their armored limos.

Exactly
Add senators and congressmen frightened for themselves.
They don't care a whit about your safety or mine.

30 posted on 02/28/2016 2:19:23 PM PST by Vinnie
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To: TomServo

“I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.”

You officially win the internet.


31 posted on 02/28/2016 2:22:24 PM PST by VanDeKoik
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To: centurion316

A well placed shot from any rifle round (except .22lr) could do the same thing.


32 posted on 02/28/2016 2:22:31 PM PST by LukeL
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To: Smokin' Joe

I noticed that too.

The Violence Policy Center? A “Gun Safety” group?

BS.

Everyone with a brain, like you, knows they are a gun grabbing group.


33 posted on 02/28/2016 2:23:54 PM PST by july4thfreedomfoundation (Politicians and diapers must be changed often and for the same reason.....Mark Twain)
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To: Olog-hai

As we found out on 9/11 a box cutter can down a plane.
This is hyperbole nonsense to stir crap up and nothing else.


34 posted on 02/28/2016 2:26:41 PM PST by 48th SPS Crusader (I am an American. Not a Republican or a Democrat)
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To: IronJack

Is it as powerful as an .88 magnum? An .88 magnum will shoot through schools.....


35 posted on 02/28/2016 2:26:44 PM PST by USNBandit (Sarcasm engaged at all times)
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To: mcshot

You’re in big trouble, mister!


36 posted on 02/28/2016 2:28:18 PM PST by TigersEye (This is the age of the death of reason and rule of law. Prepare!)
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To: Olog-hai

I wouldn’t mind having one, but I probably couldn’t afford the ammunition.


37 posted on 02/28/2016 2:31:49 PM PST by PGR88
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To: LukeL

I think that 4 or 5 737’s were taken down by deer hunters just last week. It’s like a bomb run on Schweinfurt out there in the friendly skies.


38 posted on 02/28/2016 2:38:30 PM PST by centurion316
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To: Olog-hai

Some yahoo in Albuquerque shot down the Sheriff’s Department helicopter with a .30-06.


39 posted on 02/28/2016 2:46:24 PM PST by Tijeras_Slim
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To: PGR88

Ammo price,,

bout 5 bucks a round.


40 posted on 02/28/2016 2:54:49 PM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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