LOS ANGELES FIRST CITY IN NATION TO VOTE TO BAN 50 CALIBER SNIPER RIFLES

Violence Policy Center ^ | 9/24/02 | Violence Policy Center

[Grut]

Oh, by the way, you can get .50 pistols as well.

And if Elmer Keith were still alive, probably .50 BMG!

[hoosierskypilot]

Ban Ted Kennedy. He's killed more Americans than .50 cal sniper rifles.

[TERMINATTOR]

Like, Al Qaeda is really going to obey this legislation??!!!

Molon Labe !

[two23]

I guess so they have gotten almost all .223s labeled as assualt weapons.

I have never seen .223's referred to as "assault weapons"...is this peculiar to the west coast?

[SAJ]

King Gustov (sic) of Switzerland??? How odd. And here I'd always thought that Switzerland had been a confederation with a president for 600+ years.

[ErnBatavia]

"Why didn't the assasins choose .50 caliber rifles if they're so great for assasinations?" They have only been around since the late 80 or early 90s. Although the marines used a scoped and modified ma duece in vietam.

I was in the Marines from '66-'68 - only 50 calibers I saw were truck mounted; hardly shoulder weapons....the bullets alone are damn near 5 inches long. Would you clarify for me?

[ErnBatavia]

referred to as "assault weapons"...is this peculiar to the west coast?

Out here, having a silver crayon in a kid's Sesame Street backpack is about enough to call in the fuzz.

[b fair]

"I have never seen .223's referred to as "assault weapons"...is this peculiar to the west coast?"

Acually I meant 5.56 I was thinking something else when I wrote this.

[b fair]

Get Carlos Hitchcocks book Marine sniper.
He describes this set-up in it.

[Wisconsin]

>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.

Hmmm. Is my history mistaken? I thought Switzerland had been kingless for quite some time. Possibly since Charlemagne?

[chnsmok]

.50

[Wisconsin]

I believe I saw a Boyd or Boyes anti-tank rifle shot when I was 10.

Not to date myself, but that was before the 90's, 80's, 70's, 60's...

[boris]

Index bump

[b fair]

I forgot about the Boyes .50 BMG.
But after the 40s they were almost all museum pieces I think.

[hoosierskypilot]

The one I saw was a Barret semi-auto with Swarovski scope. They sure were proud of it.

[absalom01]

Trying to find the text of the adopted measure, and will post if it's available on line. But, when this was discussed a couple of weeks ago, the proposed language would seem to run afoul of California's premption law. My (admittedly paranoid) theory is that this is merely the first move for an effort in the next legislative session to toss out the premption law at the state level.

Then it really gets interesting.

Someone tell me again that Simon's no different than Davis....

[toddst]

And if Elmer Keith were still alive, probably .50 BMG!

!0-4 on Elmer Keith and big bore pistols. Met him once (the '68 NRA convention in Cincinnati, as I recall.) Have an autographed copy of his book "Sixguns." Would have enjoyed spending a week hunting with him.

[ErnBatavia]

I think it's Carlos Hathcock....but I didn't think he used anything so cumbersome as a 50 cal!!! Maybe he did; only time I shot was one during "fam-firing" off the top of a "six-X" truck...awesome....blasting away at some burned out tank hulk about a half mile away, tracers and all.

[semaj]

Where's the mandatory BARF Alert?