Posted on 02/02/2022 8:09:49 AM PST by PROCON
MIAMI — A man and his 11-year-old grandson found a little more than they were looking for during a weekend fishing trip. The pair pulled two .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifles out of a canal near Miami.
Duane Smith told the Miami Herald he saw a YouTube video on magnet fishing and decided to give it a try on Sunday. They dropped a 5-pound magnet in the C-102 canal in southern Miami-Dade County.
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“We are not talking about the same thing. .”
I am referring to the illegal rifles in the article. What are you referring to?
“who says they are illegal?”
18 U.S.C. 922 (k)
Florida 790.27 (2) (a)
“However, it appears only one rifle had this problem.”
You need reread the article.
Good point
In fine freeper tradition I had not read much of the article
second amendment says otherwise
second amendment says otherwise
plus he’s a minor
We love our 50s here in FL, but filed serials make for a problem.
Whatever. I bet you don’t file the serial numbers off your guns.
And?
These two did not purchase them from Barrett. They found them in a Florida river. Absent someone else to come forward with a lost/stolen claim... they are found goods.
I know.
And it doesn't matter.
Read the US Supreme Court opinions in Gonzales v. Raich; Justice Thomas got it right, but his was a dissenting opinion...
what guns? lost them in a boating accident.
Grandpa isn’t.
“The serial numbers will provide traceability to the valid owners”
The serial numbers will provide traceability to the original owners.
Prove it, post the statute.....
That's another argument which the initial poster never mentioned when he said they were illegal to own.......
Yep! If your local gun shop doesn't have them in stock, they can order them.
I was in my local firearm store a couple months ago when a guy walked in and picked up his pre-ordered .50 Cal.
I asked the dealer if I could hold it and he let me. Too damn heavy to do anything with it other than use it to lift weights or target practice.......LOL!
Well - can’t prove that they were stolen.
But then I got to the part about the serial numbers...
“Prove it, post the statute.....”
I have. Multiple times.
“Florida has no laws regulating 50 caliber rifles......They’re legal to own.”
Florida has laws against possessing these rifles.
The type and caliber of the rifles does not make them illegal.
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