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One thing Islamic terrorists are is most of them are incredibly stupid

So stupid that they were able to pull off flying two planes into the world trade center towers and one into the pentagon.

I'm usually the last to defend CNN, but the truth is many terrorists are highly educated individuals. By being in a sleeper cell for a number of years, they would have learned how to do this anyway. All CNN did was to expose a flaw in our security so that it could be fixed before it was exploited.

All CNN did was to expose a flaw in our security so that it could be fixed before it was exploited.

Bullshit. Pure bullshit.

CNN's "demonstrations" of the power of the .50BMG could also have been easily accomplished with many other rounds. And have you ever tried to shoot down a commercial airliner, or any other moving target at a distance, with a rifle? Any rifle? Well I haven't either, but at least I'm smart enough to know it's only slightly more likely to work than just heaving bricks into the air.

CNN's contention that these rifles are "easily available to terrorists" because of the dreaded "person to person" sale completely ignores the plain and simple fact that these things are really damn expensive. We're talking many thousands of dollars. They are also really really big, as in tens of lbs and several feet long. They are not easily portable or completely un-concealable.

The only way to make it conceivably possible to take down an airliner with a .50 BMG round is to use an actual Browning Machine Gun, and they are even more expensive, a lot bigger, and are completely regulated and registered by the federal government, and all "person to person" sales of such are registered and regulated and have been so for decades.

If I were a terrorist with the many thousands of dollars needed for a .50BMG rifle, I'd be buying shoulder mount missiles instead. They're cheaper, easier to conceal, and actually stand a chance of actually bringing down an airliner. That or just buy some more $2 box knives, which is what worked so well for them last time.

Plain and simple, the .50BMG does not pose a threat to Americans any more than any other rifle, or thrown knife, or blunt instrument. The only Americans threatened by the .50BMG are politicians (read Hitlery) with aspirations of dictatorhood, and the corporate bigwigs (read Ted Turner) who want to put them there.

All CNN is trying to do is invent a bogus threat so they can strip away our rights piecemeal. The .50BMG is the "Assault Weapon" for the new millenium.