California considering curb on 50 caliber rifles

[Jim Choate]

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, Harmon Seaver wrote:

> On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 11:21:54AM -0700, Steve Schear wrote:
> > Sniper weapons should be restricted
> >   A .50-caliber BMG sniper rifle, in the wrong hands, would be terrorism
> > unleashed. The gun is powerful enough to punch a hole in an oil tank or
> > take down a civilian airplane. Its 5 1/2-inch long bullets can pierce an
>
>    What crap, eh? The bullet is more like 1.5" -- even a 20mm doesn't have a
> 5.5" bullet.

Dipshit, they're talking about the entire shell.

While their mistake makes them seem ludicrous at best, your spin doctor
bullshit doesn't help you either.


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