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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Is it a black, scary looking, semi-full-automatic rifle with 30 round cop-killing “clips”?
Yep. I knew their notion of “gun safety” is more along the lines of “gun prohibition.”
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.
Yes, i can shoot down a commercial jet from 1000 miles away with a single shot!
Are you tired yet?
“It shoots through schools.”
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.
I shot the moon with mine. Got scared when i borrowed my dad’s navy binocs and saw all the craters.
Rumor has it that Ronnie is developing a .50 cal exploding bacon cored Kryponite bullet next!
Exactly
Add senators and congressmen frightened for themselves.
They don't care a whit about your safety or mine.
“I once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die.”
You officially win the internet.
A well placed shot from any rifle round (except .22lr) could do the same thing.
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.
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.
Is it as powerful as an .88 magnum? An .88 magnum will shoot through schools.....
You’re in big trouble, mister!
I wouldn’t mind having one, but I probably couldn’t afford the ammunition.
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.
Some yahoo in Albuquerque shot down the Sheriff’s Department helicopter with a .30-06.
Ammo price,,
bout 5 bucks a round.
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