Posted on 04/23/2005 7:53:08 AM PDT by Mulder
Ping
--I recall a few posts from those who thought the last election settled the gun issue-----
Nope---
bump
Isn't this the guy who is refusing to ship the LAPDs 50cal back to them due to the ban? lol
The entire Second Amendement issue is under attack by two groups:
1. The uneducated, emotional left, plagued with low I.Q. that is deficient enough to believe that taking guns away from law-abiding citizens will solve all problems. Pure stupidity and ignorance.
2. The calculating, far-leftist politicians who see legal gun ownership (under the Second Amendment) as a THREAT TO THEIR DESPOTIC AGENDA OF AUTHORITARIAN SOCIALIST GOVERNMENT.
They will never go away - the threat to, and attacks upon, our Second Amendment rights, for the exact reason the Second Amendment WAS WRITTEN, will not stop.
Weren't the colonial muskets .50 caliber?
I found this over at thehighroad.org
"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars."
Kudos to Mr. Barrett.
My dad has a .300 Winchester magnum elk rifle. I shot it once. That bullet punched through a steel water tank about five hundred yards out. So this 50 caliber bullet just makes a larger hole?
"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars."
It's already happening to car owners.
You don't think the breathilizers for DWI offenders is going to be just for them do you?
I guarantee that soon, all automanufacturers will be required to install them in cars.
"Just in Case"
I don't know, but perhaps superior range, penetration, and a bigger bullet. The first Barretts for the Army were for EOD detachments--I don't know the technical details, but those guys are pretty careful about using what works! I have also personally witnessed the difference in hitting an automobile with a Barrett (a short coast to a stop) versus the standard (at that time) M-21 Army sniper weapon (kept rolling until stopped by a Cobra in a significantly more catastrophic manner than was intended). So, bottom line, I'm trusting the guys at the use level to make the decision on what they really need.
Same with machine guns. Why does a police force like SWAT need an M-4, a fully automatic weapon? When was the last time a cop ever needed to fire a bunch of rounds quickly?
These groups are making progress using "anti-terrorism" as a weapon. Expect more of the same in the future.
Well said about the 338 Lapua. I have a Dakota Longbow that is a tack drive at extreme ranges as it should be.
The thing that really bothers me about the LAPD an other departments these days is that they have M60 GPMG's, M249's , 240G's etc etc ........surgical precision, accountability for every round and background , safety to those innocent folks downrange used to be a priority for law enforcement.
They go after a criminal in my AO with one of those I know who I would shoot to stop the threat to society.
The New Mexico legislature considered such a bill last year. HB126 would have required blood-alcohol-sensing ignition interlocks on all new vehicles beginning in 2008, and on all used vehicles beginning in 2009. To my amazement, the bill was actually passed by the House 45-22. Fortunately, it did not reach the Senate before the legislative session ended. It likely will be back.
...Barrett cannot legally sell any of its products to lawbreakers...
That excludes the BATF, the FBI, and a host of other fed and state agencies. Since every gun law is illegal, they are all lawbreakers, even the otherwise honest ones.
IMO, a lot of the worst of the worst gungrabber pols fear being shot while riding in their bulletproof limos that used to make them feel invulnerable to the peasantry.
Not that an enraged citizen couldn't knife them quietly in the elevator, but they are power graspers, not really thinkers.
You can buy a .50 blackpowder rifle today with no forms to fill out.
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