Reply #44: That's right [View All]

Because $8,000 30+ pound (before the heavy optics) five foot long rifles whose ammunition costs $5 a round for the bargain basement surplus fodder is a real threat to the citizens of this country.

Get real, I bet you buy right into the mentally deficient propaganda that .50 caliber rifles are made to shoot down jetliners don't you? Despite the fact that their single most common use is for extreme long range competitive shooting.

All the gangbangers are bleeding the bank dry snapping up .50 BMG rifles and Nightforce scopes left and right aren't they?

Has there ever been one single incident where a .50 BMG rifle was used to murder someone?

Have ANY planes ANYWHERE at ANY TIME been shot down with one?

I'm begging you to come up with a single piece of anecdotal evidence that anything like this has ever happened.

You will probably find something saying that they have been used in crimes, and I bet those "crimes" involved bringing one into California or some other place where everything must be registered.

Unlike the real crimes being commited with Jennings and Lorcins, .50 BMG 'crime' is incredibly safe to go after, since a vanishingly small number of .50 owners would willingly harm a law enforcement officer.