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LOS ANGELES FIRST CITY IN NATION TO VOTE TO BAN
50 CALIBER SNIPER RIFLES
Violence Policy Center ^
| 9/24/02
| Violence Policy Center
Posted on 09/24/2002 2:03:46 PM PDT by kabuki
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posted on
09/24/2002 2:03:46 PM PDT
by
kabuki
To: kabuki
I can't seem to remember that last time a .50 Cal was used in a crime...
2
posted on
09/24/2002 2:04:58 PM PDT
by
toupsie
To: kabuki
DAMN! There goes my weekend plans.
3
posted on
09/24/2002 2:07:11 PM PDT
by
Warren
To: *bang_list
To: kabuki
The LA locals supporting Feinswine and Waxman again.....
To: kabuki
I'm sure we can expect to see a big decline in armed robberies and shootings.
To: kabuki
Time to "ban" Los Angeles.
The sniper rifle is the "key" to "freedom".
King Gustov of Switzerland told the Nazi officers who threatened to invade "You may get in ok, but if you do..none of your officers will ever go home alive."
Germmany did not invade Switzerland.
Our second Ammendment was modeled on the Swiss "right to bear arms" in the home.
LA is "sick", and everyione knows it. Probably the long standing association with Hollywood.
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posted on
09/24/2002 2:09:29 PM PDT
by
RISU
To: kabuki
"The 50 caliber sniper rifle is an extremely powerful weapon which uses high-caliber ammunition at distances averaging between 400 and 1,700 yards"
My Weatherby .460 can do this too.
For that matter my model 70 in 300H&H can reach out to over a 1000 yards easily.
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posted on
09/24/2002 2:09:32 PM PDT
by
b fair
To: kabuki
Does this ban possession or just the sale? Do current owners have to turn them in?
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posted on
09/24/2002 2:09:52 PM PDT
by
umgud
To: white trash redneck
Forgot to include
this link to the Fify Caliber Shooting Association.
To: kabuki
Any one got the link to the actual motion? I'll bet this gets overturned in court. Of course, someone will have to first be arrested, convicted, appealed go through the court system to finally get to the SCOTUS.
To: toupsie
That's because THEY NEVER HAVE. Just a bunch a gun-grabbing disinformation lapped up by the People's Republic of Californication. These guns a damn expensive and the ammo is $1.50 to $4.50 a round. Not the kind of gun usually selected by the mentally unbalanced. Also of note, criminals and terrorist don't NEED to buy their guns at the store. Just do a little research on the gun trade in Pakistan where every form of armanent is readily for sale.
To: *bang_list
PING
To: kabuki
These same military armamentsdesigned and sold for the express purpose of killing people and disabling key command and control outpostsare now freely available across America's gun shop counters. Freely?! Nobody told me - how come nobody told me? Last time I saw one, it had a $3000 tag on it.
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posted on
09/24/2002 2:13:43 PM PDT
by
m1911
To: kabuki
yeah...
This is real high on my worry list.
Lemesee... when was the last time one if these was used in a real (non-Hollywood) crime?
I'm thinking...
I'll get back to you.
To: b fair
Same can be said of the .300 UltraMag that is cheaper and readily available.
To: WilliamWallace1999; b fair
You have to give the VPC credit -- they certainly are high masters of the art of political hyperbole and fear mongering.
Remember, of course, that they are not opposed to .50 caliber rifles per se, just those in the hands of we "little people". 50 calibers in the hands of agents of the all-powerful god-state have their unabashed seal of approval.
.30 calibers will be next.
To: kabuki
Yep, I'll bet OBL buys all his weapons at the local mom and pop gun shops here in the USA.
To: Joe Brower
".30 calibers will be next."
I guess so they have gotten almost all .223s labeled as assualt weapons.
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posted on
09/24/2002 2:21:31 PM PDT
by
b fair
To: RISU
King Gustov of Switzerland told the Nazi officers who threatened to invade "You may get in ok, but if you do..none of your officers will ever go home alive." Certainly this is apocryphal. I was under the impression that Switzerland has been a republic for 700+ years.
I don't disagree with your general sentiment, however.
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