Military guns too accessible to public

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I skimmed the comments on his article and he appears to be getting trashed - in a college setting, no less! There may be some hope for kids after all.
 
I AGREE..........After all look at the times this has been used in crimes..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................well never mind :evil:

Kevin
 
Well when you are 31 live at home, strike that, live in a commune pacifist with a bicycle for fear of poluteing the enviroment you have more money to go around!

Maybe they are on to something... if he can afford a Barret maybe I will give it a shot.
 
The Barrett M82A1 .50 caliber rifle, as well as all other semiautomatic .50 caliber rifles, has no place in society.
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is this some kind of joke?

The government has them in quantity- seems like a good enough reason for Joe American to have one as any! lexington was fought with muskets because that was the military arm at the time. If It happens again, It'll have to be with military arms also.
 
Where does it say anything about 'hunting' in the 2nd Amendment?
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I think the US Supreme Court ruled on this once before in the short barreled shotgun case when they ruled that the 2nd Amendment dosen't guarentee you your hunting guns, just military arms. :eek:
Don't remember the name of the case, but I'm sure many of you out there do.

And another thing: This gun, the Barett 50 cal, has been sold to the public for over 20 years now...how many crimes have been comitted with it?? :scrutiny:
 
I am sick and tired of seeing all the gang bangers crowding the streets carrying their Barrett rifles. The noise of the Barretts shooting at planes flying overhead has become deafening. It wouldn't be so bad if they'd shoot their Barretts during daylight hours but they have no consideration for anyone. The Barretts don't even stop shooting at night, when decent people try to get some sleep and don't want to be awakened by crashing planes. The price of gas is climbing sky high because the ammunition for the Barrett rifles is so heavy that these criminals with Barrett rifles clog the roads with their Sport Utility Vehicles toting them around from crime to crime. Managers of convenience stores are forced to have a separate line for people with Barrett rifles: they need to take a number and wait until their number is called before they are allowed to take their turn robbing the store. Muggers are even worse. It's scarey to see a mugger armed with a Barrett rifle run after his victim through the city streets. You can't even drive anywhere anymore without having to wait for all the guys with Barrett rifles to cross the streets once the light changes from red to green. Somebody needs to do something before this country goes down the drain.
 
Like a rocket launcher with a tighter shot pattern
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No need fer ta get a fancy rifle son, just put a full choke on ya rocket launcher an' she'll tighten right up. Why a'fore I put a choke on 'er my RPG-7 couldn't take grouse at mor'n 20 yards.
 
How enlightening to find a liberal who supports the 2nd Amendment, that's the one that gives us the right to hunt deer. That is how it reads, right? It's amazing, for years the liberals told us the "the people" referred to in the 2nd meant the National Guard, now that that's blown out of the water they're trying to tell us that it's all about hunting deer and the weapons we own have to be socially acceptable. Incredible. They find it socially acceptable to murder an 8 month old baby buy sticking a pair of scissors in it's head and sucking it's brains out, but find it morally reprehensible to kill an enemy sniper with a Barret rifle in a time of war.

How in God's name to they manage to justify these thoughts?

And they claim that they're the smart ones.
 
If that picture is him, I doubt he could even lift it.
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LOL! Lack of meat in the diet does that to the body ... and mind.

If more liberals included just a small portion of meat in their weekly diets (because they're omnivores by nature anyways), maybe they'd at least make some common sense. Oh and the physical strength would return. Carbohydrate and protein starvation is deadly and is every bit as painful as rabies.
 
The Barrett M82A1 .50 caliber rifle, as well as all other semiautomatic .50 caliber rifles, has no place in society. They are not effective hunting weapons...
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Yeah, those semi-auto's are bad news. A bolt-action .50 BMG, though, that's a fine deer gun.

gamesmen
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Is this a new word for hunters?

extremely destructive ammunition (standard rounds can go through brick walls)
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Saints preserve us! I've never shot a brick wall, before. Can a .30-06 FMJ do this?

I can get one of these easier than I could get a handgun.
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At $7000? I envy the schmuck. He needs to let us advise him on how to spend his money.

There is absolutely no reason why a civilian would need to own this weapon, yet background checks are looser on this gun than on a handgun because the M82A1 falls under the category of "hunting rifle" (Honestly, who are they kidding?).
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1. Yet another reason not to let the Bill of Rights become the Bill of Needs.

2. Who classifies it as a hunting rifle?

3. Do they do closer background checks for handguns?
 
The thing that I find bothersome about these articles is the total lack of research beyond the retoric. Shooting out tanks and airplanes,
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Sure he researched it. He says so right here.

I looked up what its applications are. Due to their gratuitous power, these guns are used to attack stationary or landing aircraft, tanks, armored personnel carriers and concrete bunkers.
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:rolleyes:


What bothers me is his total lack of writing skills or proofreading. Does he know what gratuitous means?
 
They are very rarely used on single enemy combatants, just as I rarely swat flies with a baseball bat.
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Im tellin ya, you haven't lived until you've chased palmetto bugs around the garage with a 2 pound hammer.
 
If "military" rifles are too easy to get, then where is the end of the line for me to stand in? :D

There are other sports that involve firearms other than hunting. The 50 cal issue seems pretty similar to car nuts to me. Let's build something that goes further and faster than what we already have. Shoot, toss in some horse and dog breeders too!!!

That jerk isn't letting the facts get in the way of an emotionally charged article. The M82 has not been used in any crime. I bet that the last time a 50 cal weapon was used in a crime was in the 1800s! The 2nd Amendment isn't about hunting either. geesh, what a cry baby.

-Jim
 
I'd never seen that .50caliberterror website before == how'd they get that plane to hang in space like that?!?!? Wow, if I could just figure out how to get squirrels, deer & ducks to do that on command, I'd be the HUNTERKING!!! Does this mean terrorists have discovered some kind of airliner-levitation-superpower that makes their targets hold still?

Oh, and $7000 is chump change. Pardon me while I go lick my Rolls Royce clean.
 
I loved this one -

Ten rounds at a buck from any .50 caliber rifle will leave hunters with very little to mount.
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:what: TEN rounds? I can't say for sure, but my guess would be that if you hit a buck with ONE round of .50 BMG, a followup shot wouldn't be too necessary...
 
Sure enough, the M82A1 was not created for civilian gamesmen.
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I seem to recall from Mr. Barrett himself that it was designed for civilians.

Like a rocket launcher with a tighter shot pattern, these rifles destroy enemy aircraft and tanks cleaner, faster and from farther away.
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***?

Robinson also noted that anyone with $7,300 can buy the civilian version of the M82A1, a fact he finds "thoroughly repugnant" and "kind of tempting."
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After all the evil he's condemned to guns thus far in his article, how in the WORLD can he call it tempting???
Oh wait, it's an Onion article. >_>
 
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