.50 Caliber "super" weapon on 60 Minutes.

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Yeah, sure it can hit something a mile away... but only if the person shooting it is really really good. Those things cost what... $500 just to sight in? That's not even counting practice time... Doesn't do too much more than a good 30-06 (does it?). :banghead:
 
Great. I can't wait to hear how the .50 BMG is the greatest threat the civilized world has ever seen. No doubt this will be unbiased, and bring to light the true nature of the firearm and its use. :rolleyes:
 
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Tom (the toad) Diaz

You are waaaaaay too kind, 50Shooter.

In all fairness, though, I have gotten something of value from the VPC. A couple of years back, when the VPC ran their hit piece about the "Ring of Fire" arms makers [Phoenix/Raven, Jennings, Bryco, Davis, et al] I got the instructions, drawings, parts list, etc for Sis-in-law's Raven .25. With said docs, I was able to strip/clean/lube/reassemble Sissy's Raven, so that it now works as designed. Thanks for the help, VPC.
 
I bet you will hear: "you don't need a .50 caliber gun for hunting."
 
Thanks Justin,
That's about right when it comes to Diaz.

Foghornl,
I'm just trying to stay within the THR guidelines for language. :D
 

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Thanks for the heads-up on the broadcast.

As a public service to the bleeting media types to may or may not lurk THR and other boards, I propose we here at the THR assemble a comprehensive list of allegations, observations, and panic attacks SEEBS and Mr. Dias will provide.

I'm specifically looking to predict the performance claims and statistics Dias will produce. I'm also looking to predict how SEEBS will spin it.

Third, how will SEEBS portray Mr. Barrett.

In case you missed my point, I'm not expecting a pro-firearms piece.
 
"These deadly weapons, tools of criminals and terrorists around the world, are even capable of shooting down a satellite!"

:rolleyes:
 
Using a 50 cal doesn't seem cost effective or terrorists. They can buy a gun that costs several thousand dollars to purchase and several dollars a round to shoot. Or they could sneak in 200 dollar AKs from some third world country. Oh or they could buy stuff available to anyone in any hardware store to build bombs.
 
"As for terrorism, Barrett says, "Any rifle in the hands of a terrorist is a deadly weapon.""
Exactly, and so can box cutters. Should be ban box cutters? If we'd have banned box cutters, the terrorists on September 11th would have used shingle knives, or pointy sticks.
The problem isn't the object being used, it's the people using them (for wrong).
 
"No one in the U.S. government knows who has these guns," he says.

That's a good thing. But they pretty much know the type:
Prosperous middle-aged target shooters.
 
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Or they could sneak in 200 dollar AKs from some third world country.
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Actually 60 Minutes, or one of them shows did a documentry in which they bought a fully functioning, full auto AK in either Iraq, Iran or one of those, for the equivalent of $50 usd.
 
I'll be busy sunday night. Can someone record it and post it here? We can distribute it via bit torrent easy enough.
 
I owe the VPC a debt of gratitude. I read their report on the .50cal, and thought to myself "Damn, I have got to get me some of that!"

So I did.

Thanks Tom!

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.....brought to us by CBS, the same people who gave us fake documents about GWB's guard service, were sued by General Westmoreland for liable and lost, and who have ratings lower than weather channel.
 
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