California considering curb on 50 caliber rifles

[Harmon Seaver]

On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 09:21:46PM -0500, Jim Choate wrote:
> 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.
> 

 Spin doctor yer ass. A bullet is a bullet is a bullet. Cartridge is quite
something else -- made up of case, powder, primer, and *bullet*. So their
ignorance is apparant, if they don't even know the basic facts, what could they
possibly have to say that was relevant? 



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