El Rojo
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That is it, I am going to declare it, Ronnie Barrett is a marketing genius. The State of California banned the sale of .50 BMG rifles to civilians in the state, so Barrett has no choice not to sell guns to PRKians. He can't sell to us even if he wanted to. So he has a handful or less of Barrett rifles that PRK government agencies use, so he cuts them off. We are talking a miniscule amount of rifles here. Suddenly he is a 2nd Amendment folk hero for taking on the whole State of California and "taking a huge revenue cut" all in the name of principle and he is now the can never go wrong .45 ACP of gun manufacturers. I will call him Ronnie "Garand" Barrett from now on because he is the holy grail of gun manufacturers for the stand he took in California and anyone who says anything bad about him is like a man who says the Garand isn't a battle rifle or that the .45 ACP is the king of handgun cartridges.That's the biggest market in the US - there is no way a major manufacturer would walk away from it. Granted - Barrett did, but let's face it, he's got a niche product.
Back on topic. I guess we shouldn't complain when our side uses scare tactics to try and motivate everyone to take political action. It isn't a ban, but it will increase the cost of ammo a whole lot. Lets just call it a ban anyway right? Misrepresenting the truth in order to scare the populace to take action is an acceptable way to get votes and motivate political action. The anti's do it all the time, so why shouldn't we?