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Homemade .50-caliber rifle seized in Southern California, 1 arrested
ktla ^
| 10/13/2026
| John Ross Ferrara
Posted on 10/13/2026 6:58:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin
Authorities in southwest Riverside County recently seized a homemade .50-caliber rifle capable of firing Browning Machine Gun rounds, the City of Menifee Police Department said Tuesday.
The gun was fully functional and “lacked several important safety components” usually found in manufactured guns, making the rifle especially hazardous, according to police.
(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...
TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: banglist
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posted on
10/13/2026 6:58:55 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:01:53 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: PGR88
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:02:44 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
(Gas prices are Temporary. Communism is Forever. Vote Republican.)
To: PGR88
Looks well made for a rudimentary firearm. I was expecting some electrical conduit, a nail, and a spring.
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:05:27 PM PDT
by
Governor Dinwiddie
( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
To: BenLurkin
Shall not infringe!
To: BenLurkin
Yeah, you couldn’t pay me to fire that thing. Wow.
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:07:43 PM PDT
by
FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: BenLurkin
If they left the guy alone he probably would have won a Darwin Award! lol
To: BenLurkin
Scott from Kentucky Ballistics wants nothing to do with this bad boy.
To: Governor Dinwiddie
...and with that particular cartridge, only once.
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:21:44 PM PDT
by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: BenLurkin
Hold my beer while I fire this thing….
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:27:12 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> --- )
To: BenLurkin
I’m not seeing a trigger or anything resembling a conventional bolt handle. Bet this makes one of Brandon Herrera’s “cursed gun images” videos.
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:34:41 PM PDT
by
Charles Martel
(Progressives are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
To: FreedomPoster
Ear wax gone, sinuses cleared, eyes tear flushed, what’s not to like. Ya some kinda wimp? Take it like a man. Then crawl behind the couch and say f****king meow!
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:36:26 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(MM1SS SASOBe)
To: Equine1952
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:45:48 PM PDT
by
Nervous Tick
(Hope, as a righteous product of properly aligned Faith, IS in fact a strategy.)
To: BenLurkin
In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan's "Kings Row" character, "WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?!?"
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:47:33 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Mother Nature needs to give El Nino a good spanking!)
To: BenLurkin
In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan's "Kings Row" character, "WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?!?"
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:49:11 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Mother Nature needs to give El Nino a good spanking!)
To: BenLurkin
In the immortal words of Ronald Reagan's "Kings Row" character, "WHERE'S THE REST OF ME?!?"
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:49:17 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Mother Nature needs to give El Nino a good spanking!)
To: BenLurkin
Home made with that powerful of a round ?
Seems like it would blow the barrel up the first time they used it
To: HereInTheHeartland
Might make a great spring gun.
For the shed out back.
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:53:12 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: HereInTheHeartland
Achmed the Dead Terrorist ain’t scared.
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:53:39 PM PDT
by
Equine1952
(MM1SS SASOBe)
To: BenLurkin
Why arrest the guy?
Just let him fire it, problem solved.
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posted on
10/13/2026 7:56:43 PM PDT
by
samiam5
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