Statists as alarmed by Ronnie Barrett's large caliber beliefs as by his rifles

St. Louis Gun Rights Examiner ^ | November 7, 2013 | Kurt Hofmann

[Neil E. Wright]

Back in the spring, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (RINO) proposed banning .50 caliber rifles as part of his plan to "curb gun violence." The fact that he could not point to any "gun violence" committed with .50 caliber rifles apparently did not concern him. His about-face veto in August of a bill that would do precisely that is a far greater indicator of his political ambitions beyond largely anti-gun New Jersey than of any Second Amendment epiphany on his part (he has clearly had none).

At the time Christie was pushing such a ban, this column noted a peculiar phenomenon: the reports of the governor's desire for the ban always named a specific brand of .50 caliber rifles:

Speaking of Barrett's .50 caliber rifles, all of the articles I have seen so far have specifically named Barrett .50 caliber rifles as the objects of the proposed ban.

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That would not be especially implausible. When California banned (for private citizens) firearms chambered in the .50 BMG caliber, Barrett refused to do any more business with the California government (and even made the LAPD come all the way to Barrett's Tennessee facility to pick up the rifles that their SWAT team had purchased previously, and had sent in for warranty work). Founder Ronnie Barrett's reasoning? The company had a both legal and moral obligation not to sell firearms to known criminals, and any entity that violated the Constitution is indeed committing a crime against the supreme law of the land, so he could no longer do business with the California government as it so blatantly violated the Second Amendment. ...snip...

[Neil E. Wright]

Guns can be banned. IDEAS are the greatest danger to the collectivists.

[Gene Eric]

Just remember the govt is maintaining the taxpayers’ inventory.

[murrie]

Snicker. Yea. We grow big guns here in Tennessee. And Ronnie Barrett is an icon around here. God I love that man. He has some C.O. Jones for shore :)

[Dead Corpse]

No level of government operating in the US under the US Constitution has a legal “power” to ban any “arm” nor prohibit any free citizen from bearing said arms in the course of their daily lives.

The fact that they do so on a daily basis is a long standing injustice.

[Sherman Logan]

Silly story. Everybody knows .50 cal Barretts are commonly carried by criminals.

Cheap and easily concealed.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Funny enough, even generally anti_gun Britain hasn’t banned .50 calibre rifles for civilian use. Hard to find many place where you are allowed to shoot one though.

[henkster]

“Guns can be banned. IDEAS are the greatest danger to the collectivists.”

Ideas are more powerful than guns. We would not let our enemies have guns, why should we let them have ideas.

Joseph Stalin

[B4Ranch]

You forgot “Lightweight”

[Blood of Tyrants]

Yea, those gang bangers run around with a $9000, 30 lb rifle to hold up convenience marts.

[marktwain]

One of the most glaring and telling things about those who want citizens disarmed is their desire to ban guns that are never used in crime, but which might have military utility.

Those items that are the most obviously protected by the Second Amendment.

Absolutely chilling.

[Blood of Tyrants]

In Miller vs. U.S. (1939), the Supreme Court ruled that firearms with a military utility were specifically protected by the 2nd Amendment.

[musicman]

" Statists as alarmed by Ronnie Barrett's
large caliber beliefs as by his rifles"



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[broken_arrow1]

You’ll shoot you eye out!

[PLMerite]

“Guns can be banned. IDEAS are the greatest danger to the collectivists. “

But you can get further with an idea *and* a gun, than you can with just an idea alone. (~Mao)

[gundog]

Just aim at France and let ‘er rip.

[Pontiac]

, Barrett refused to do any more business with the California government (and even made the LAPD come all the way to Barrett's Tennessee facility to pick up the rifles that their SWAT team had purchased previously, and had sent in for warranty work).

I salute Barrett for living his principles.

I also question why the LAPD would need a .50 caliber rifle. How often would an occasion come up where such a rifle would be needed in a law enforcement situation where a much less expensive rifle in the .30 caliber range would not suffice?