[freepatriot32]

but I have a question. Did the author ever mention how many Barrett's have been used in acts of crime?

Nope he spent 99 percent of the article talking about how scary looking and sounding the gun was before crying hisd eyes out and wetting himself.I have a gut feeling that this "man" wears pink thong pantys instead of fruit of the loom tighty whiteys

[DocRock]

Back in the '80s, I had a gun shop as a hobby. I sold "exotic" weapons, (also know by the media as assault weapons). I had several reporters come to my shop and interview me. When the questions always came around to large caliber semi-auto military style firearms, I would wager $1,000.00 with them that I could put more .30 cal holes in a target faster with a shotgun, (think 12 Ga. 3 inch mag. with 000 buckshot), than they could with any of my "scary" looking guns. I never had any takers.

Then always the question of "What do you need with a firearm that will shoot that many bullets?". I would always respond, "Does your car go faster than the speed limit? What do you need with a car that can go over 55 MPH?" (I told you this was back in the '80s.) A couple of the reporters said "Well in an emergency, you may have to rush to hospital." Yep, and in an emergency, I may need to put a lot of steel on target.