Democrat Targets .50 Caliber Revolver for Nationwide Ban

CNSNews.com ^ | February 17, 2003 | Democrat Targets .50 Caliber Revolver for Nationwide Ban By Michael L. Betsch

[epow]

Where did you find the stats for the S&W .50 Mag?

The Corbon website. Try the link in # 107.

BTW, the .50 mag 400 grain JSP ammo costs $34.95 + shipping for 20 rounds. Including shipping cost, that's over $2 a round. If I had a gun chambered for this round I wouldn't be shooting it much until .50 mag reloading dies go on the market. Then I still wouldn't be shooting it much because my hands and arms would be terminally sore after the 1st 20 shots.

But seriously, with a little judicious experimentation one could devise some nice mild lead bullet handloads that would make the gun into a pussycat for casual recreational shooting. (otherwise known as plinking) Yeah, I know, you can plink with a .22, but I think it would be kinda fun to make .50 caliber holes in Coke cans.

[fightu4it]

Anyone got a picture of Earl Keller's 45/70 revolver?

[Taxman]

I found the link, thanks.

That is what I was thinking; big hole in, HUGE hole out!

But you are right -- reloading will be the only way this poor man can afford to shoot that puppy.

But not in a pistol. I'll wait 'til Marlin produces a lever action carbine chambered for that bad boy!

With a detachable 10 round box magazine? LOL!

[Taxman]

I look forward to your progress reports and finished product.

[He Rides A White Horse]

Davis believes the 500 Magnum has a greater potential for becoming a lethal inner-city status symbol than an effective hunting tool, at least in his congressional district. He added that its high power combined with its concealability could make it the "weapon of choice" for urban gangs.

"If you live in a place like Chicago, and you know the amount of violence that is perpetrated by individuals who grow-up with the idea that having, handling and using a gun is a way-of-life in terms of establishing yourself on the streets or as part of the culture, then I'm afraid that many of these individuals will, in fact, acquire this weapon," Davis said.

God forbid that these law abiding gang members should ever go to jail. Such notions have no place in the Democrat Party.

Of course, the solution with them is always the same. Law abiding citizens must be stripped of their rights, because after all, passing a law is the only way to get criminals to obey them.

Currie compared the 500 Magnum to "military-style assault weapons," although she had no information to base her claims on except for a "tip" received from a reporter.

"I'm not a weapons expert, but it sounded like pretty strong firepower to me," Currie said.

You're not a expert on the Constitution either, are you? Call it a wild guess on my part.

[He Rides A White Horse]

But Davis said the .50 caliber revolver, which weighs 72.5 ounces and has an overall length 15-inch has no purpose in society except to cause injury and death to humans, dismissing the manufacturer's claim that it is intended for hunting wild game.

He claimed handguns in general are specifically designed kill fellow human beings, whereas rifles and shotguns are typically relegated to hunting animals.

.........and besides all of that, there is no shortage of animals that walk on two legs, unfortunately. Some actually even become heads of state. Like Saddam, Kim Jong, et al.

Interestingly enough, they share your viewpoint, Mr Davis, to a great degree. They see an armed populace as a liability, while a leader with good intentions sees them as an asset.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

Marxist gungrabbers all suffer from severe lead deficiencies.

FMCDH-Bullets First.

[Thharleyrider]

I own a S&W 50 cal. It is NOT a handgun that can be concealed easily or rapidly fired. When you shoot the gun you have to reaim and regain your composer. It weighs 4 1/2lbs,so it cannot be held up for long periods of time. You sure can't one hand as is the style for gang bangers. It only has TWO uses 1. Target shooting for the control enviroment. 2. For hunting where you use a rest of some kind. It would be suicide for a thug to carry or try to use this handgun for gang related actvities.

[RogueIsland]

Hey, nobody wants to take away our guns. You gun nuts are just being alarmist.

You can have any gun you want, as long as it's not too big, too small, too inexpesive, too accurate, too inaccurate, holds too many rounds, holds the wrong type of rounds, can be modified to hold too many rounds or fire the wrong type of rounds, looks scary, "might be dangerous", or that could be misused by a criminal, an idiot, or a mental patient.

What are you people complaining about?

[RogueIsland]

This one missed the bang_list somehow.

[Blood of Tyrants]

When you put it that way, I don't know what I was thinking.

[RogueIsland]

When you put it that way, I don't know what I was thinking.

The sad thing is that everything in that statement represents an actual argument used at one time or another by the gun grabbers. Pretty pathetic when hyperbole maps perfectly to reality.

[FSPress]

I thought it was a copper and tungstun deficiency

[Travis McGee]

Your over under sounds like a modern double express rifle for a dangerous game stopper, sort of. And two at a time is probably a sufficient rate of fire for this bad boy.

[greenwolf]

A well-known gun maker recently introduced a powerful new hunting revolver that is said to have no equal in terms of firepower.

It's still just a pistol. You won't have to go terribly far into rifle calibers to find equals for it...

[aomagrat]

Rep. Danny Davis (D-Ill.)

Wasn't Danny Davis a ref in the WWF?

[El Gato]

He claimed handguns in general are specifically designed kill fellow human beings, whereas rifles and shotguns are typically relegated to hunting animals.

Somebody needs to tell the Marines about that, but I think I'll let *him* do it, while I watch. :)

"You don't go out hunting deer with a revolver," Davis said."

You do if it's a .50 caliber with 3 times the muzzle energy of a .44 magnum. Even a .44 magnum could be use.

"Those of us who live in big, urban centers have a different fear and a different take than some people who may live in different environments."

But he would saddle everyone with laws that wouldn't really even do the folks in the urban jungle any good. Why not call for a CHL law, which might actually help the people living there. Probably doesn't trust his constituents that much, I guess. Rather keep 'em on the plantation I guess.

[El Gato]

Magnum Research makes the same revolver this idiot is trying to ban in .45 Long Colt/.410. Its not 12 gauge, but its a start.

They make it .45/70. Guy running the indoor range pulled one out, and fired it on the range, last time I was at that particular range, nearly a year ago now I think. (It' 350 miles away, I use a different range nearby). The video clip on the MR site doesn't do it justice. :)

[El Gato]

Concealability ?
In what ? A '62 Buick ?

In a '62 Buick, you can conceal a 20mm Vulcan Gatling cannon, but I think you have to add a higher voltage generator to power the thing. The A-10's 30 mm Avenger won't quite fit. More's the pity. :)

[Teacher317]

If memory serves me $2 box cutters were ultimately responsible for more than 3,000 deaths on September 11, 2001. Why don't we have a ban on them?

Call me simple, but why not just make it a crime to use a weapon of any kind to maim or kill others? Then you wouldn't need all these extra feel-good laws that merely make criminals out of unknowing, unsuspecting, innocents...

Oh... that's right... it IS illegal already. Then why pass feel-good laws that do nothing but harass people who...

Oh... that's right... that's what they want.