Well, like I said the .50 cal is specifically designed as an anti-materiel round. A .458 for example (Reply #46)

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46. Well, like I said the .50 cal is specifically designed as an anti-materiel round. A .458 for example

is designed for big game, but isn't anti materiel. I don't see why the cut off limit isn't restricted to stuff that will pierce lightly armored vehicles like the .50 is. And if not, why not artillery? Some of that stuff is essentially just a gigantic gun.

Also it's not just the caliber of the bullet, but the grain used with it and whatnot. The .50 with the largest grain used has 3x the energy of a .458...

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121 replies	Author	Time	Post
The second amendment is bullshit, and we all know it [View all]	Uzair	Apr 2013	OP
You might say	defacto7	Apr 2013	#1
Nice rant. Welcome to DU.	rrneck	Apr 2013	#2
We need socialized medicine	rightsideout	Apr 2013	#3
+1	SammyWinstonJack	Apr 2013	#40
Welcome to DU. The availability of guns and ammunition can be separated from the 2A.	Loudly	Apr 2013	#4
Do you hold similar views about the Fourth and Fifth Amendments, shares?	friendly_iconoclast	Apr 2013	#17
Only as they apply to zombies	ProgressiveProfessor	Apr 2013	#36
Clown College advance studies.	Loudly	Apr 2013	#87
Do they allow zombies?	ProgressiveProfessor	Apr 2013	#88
Aspiring clowns only. Pretty sure!	Loudly	Apr 2013	#90
Link..please	rsmith6621	Apr 2013	#5
This is a DISCUSSION forum, sparky.	Zoeisright	Apr 2013	#9
You didnt understand my question	rsmith6621	Apr 2013	#51
Hard to argue,	sarisataka	Apr 2013	#6
Because those things are IRRELEVANT	Uzair	Apr 2013	#52
"Stick to the topic."	pintobean	Apr 2013	#58
No dodge to the issue	sarisataka	Apr 2013	#65
why are gun humpers coming out of the woodwork?	Skittles	Apr 2013	#89
They are inviting their friends to help stack the deck	Electric Monk	Apr 2013	#96
they remind me of cockroaches, when you shine a light on them	Skittles	Apr 2013	#98
Which is WHY Meta should be returned.	Occulus	Apr 2013	#119
Thinking like that	pintobean	Apr 2013	#121
Because there are lots of authority humpers	sylvi	Apr 2013	#100
nope	Skittles	Apr 2013	#102
yep	sylvi	Apr 2013	#103
sorry, I don't keep arguing with bullshit replies	Skittles	Apr 2013	#104
Yet you felt compelled to answer this one	sylvi	Apr 2013	#105
My "bullshit reply" contained all the thought and consideration	sylvi	Apr 2013	#106
Knife deaths in the UK occur at the same rate as the U.S.	Walk away	Apr 2013	#86
The original intent was to have the country defended by	Warpy	Apr 2013	#7
We don't need to repeal the 2nd Am., we just need to interpret it properly.	SunSeeker	Apr 2013	#8
2nd Amend is as obsolete as the Muskets it was for	ErikJ	Apr 2013	#10
You have no Constitutional right to say that as you didn't post it with a quill pen...	friendly_iconoclast	Apr 2013	#20
Now friendly, he could have used a "press." A wooden one, even.	Eleanors38	Apr 2013	#56
At the time that the constitution was written	Mr.Pain	Apr 2013	#11
We actually got the idea of the seconded amendment from the Brits	newmember	Apr 2013	#12
I'm just afraid that a nation	Mr.Pain	Apr 2013	#16
It won't be guns that does the world in	newmember	Apr 2013	#23
Seems to work just fine in all the civilized countries. That is without the "right to bear arms"	ErikJ	Apr 2013	#15
2nd amendment is utterly irrelevant to today	MillennialDem	Apr 2013	#13
No, it's not utterly irrelevant, at least not everywhere	Recursion	Apr 2013	#31
but he doesn't need a 'right' to own a rifle on the ranch..	Phillip McCleod	Apr 2013	#91
"Comparisons of the second amendment with the first, or with any of the others... are invalid."	AtheistCrusader	Apr 2013	#14
Cafeteria Constitutionalists don't want people thinking about where their logic may lead...	friendly_iconoclast	Apr 2013	#19
The famous SCOTUS case of Hocus vs. Pocus...	Pelican	Apr 2013	#50
It doesn't matter, does it?	LittleBlue	Apr 2013	#18
And that's the problem really... to most 2nd amendment might as well outright say guns	MillennialDem	Apr 2013	#22
As far as the .50, it's an arbitrary line	Recursion	Apr 2013	#32
Well, like I said the .50 cal is specifically designed as an anti-materiel round. A .458 for example	MillennialDem	Apr 2013	#46
Not really	Recursion	Apr 2013	#47
LOL. Nope it was designed as an anti tank and anti aircraft gun in WW1. Yes it is used sometimes to	MillennialDem	Apr 2013	#48
How many times must we "Amend" before we re-write?	Spitfire of ATJ	Apr 2013	#21
How to you plan to keep the repukes and tea baggers out of the convention?	hack89	Apr 2013	#108
I can picture them charging in with guns claiming they're just for show,...and loaded...	Spitfire of ATJ	Apr 2013	#109
I would be more worried about the anti-choice nuts	hack89	Apr 2013	#110
When you get down to it, the Right hates the Constitution....	Spitfire of ATJ	Apr 2013	#113
Which is why a Constitutional Convention is a dangerous idea. nt	hack89	Apr 2013	#114
The root of much evil. n/t	moondust	Apr 2013	#24
I can think of another one	newmember	Apr 2013	#25
k&r	Apophis	Apr 2013	#26
Any which way	Mr.Pain	Apr 2013	#27
K&R, Thank You!	smirkymonkey	Apr 2013	#28
Nobody Seems To Understand What The 2nd Amendment Means	DallasNE	Apr 2013	#29
It's not necessarily poorly-worded.	GoCubsGo	Apr 2013	#38
There are parts of the country where everybody having guns makes a lot of sense	Recursion	Apr 2013	#30
The most rabid Second Amendment absolutists don't live in remote areas	jmowreader	Apr 2013	#71
Most state constitutions guarantee gun rights	Shrek	Apr 2013	#33
K&R, and welcome!!! n/t	OneGrassRoot	Apr 2013	#34
"it is what must happen"	darkangel218	Apr 2013	#35
K&R and Welcome to DU.	99Forever	Apr 2013	#37
I try to not pick sides since I know people who own guns	newmember	Apr 2013	#42
It's also been completely twisted by modern gun fanatics into something that the founders	DanTex	Apr 2013	#39
SNORE.	Zax2me	Apr 2013	#44
LOL. I notice you didn't even bother trying to make an argument.	DanTex	Apr 2013	#45
How about we scrap the standing army, and keep the militia well-armed?	LAGC	Apr 2013	#73
Damn straight. K&R. nt	MOTRDemocrat	Apr 2013	#41
This is why we have the Bill of Rights - to protect against people like Bill Maher.	Zax2me	Apr 2013	#43
Good post	Blecht	Apr 2013	#49
Far more dangerous than the 2nd Amendment	Dreamer Tatum	Apr 2013	#53
Maher & you are not "we." nt	Eleanors38	Apr 2013	#54
I wish we did see it as obsolete, like the 3rd Amendment	treestar	Apr 2013	#55
You're gonna piss off the gun humpers here on DU	Hugabear	Apr 2013	#57
Notice that they can't respond	Uzair	Apr 2013	#59
I'll respond.	Daniel537	Apr 2013	#60
Care to actually make a counter argument?	Uzair	Apr 2013	#62
The Second Amendment does not confer the right to possess a firearm. That's the important fact.	cherokeeprogressive	Apr 2013	#68
You also completely ignored the point.	DanTex	Apr 2013	#78
Welcome to DU. I see you've found the gun trolls.	DanTex	Apr 2013	#79
They have the Bill Of Rights	pintobean	Apr 2013	#61
Stop ignoring the subject	Uzair	Apr 2013	#63
A high rate of gun violence is a small price to pay	Hugabear	Apr 2013	#64
I did address the issue	pintobean	Apr 2013	#66
In other words, you won't even try and argue that the right-wing interpretation of 2A is	DanTex	Apr 2013	#77
No, the OP is arguing for the repeal of the 2nd Amendment	pintobean	Apr 2013	#80
Hmm, so talking about things that are unlikely to happen is irrelevant?	DanTex	Apr 2013	#82
Very telling. nt	laundry_queen	Apr 2013	#107
patently transparent dodge. \n	Phillip McCleod	Apr 2013	#92
What did I dodge?	pintobean	Apr 2013	#93
I'll respond too	Ter	Apr 2013	#94
Better than pissing off abortion humpers I suppose	The Straight Story	Apr 2013	#67
What is that even supposed to mean? I've never heard of someone having as many abortions as possible	Electric Monk	Apr 2013	#75
Sigh...once again, people miss the obvious	The Straight Story	Apr 2013	#83
Try again after someone goes on an abortion spree, giving a bunch of people abortions against their	Electric Monk	Apr 2013	#84
Hear, Hear!	truebluegreen	Apr 2013	#69
The text of the second section of the Declaration of Independence reads, “We hold these truths to be	AlinPA	Apr 2013	#70
You can do that without a gun...	Pelican	Apr 2013	#111
I'm so happy you aren't in charge :)	galileoreloaded	Apr 2013	#72
Me too.	badtoworse	Apr 2013	#95
before...	Locrian	Apr 2013	#74
Lindsey Graham and Peter King: The Fifth Amendment is bullshit, and we all know it.	friendly_iconoclast	Apr 2013	#76
Dodge dodge dodge. Change subject.	Uzair	Apr 2013	#81
Deal with it. You, Graham, and King are all trying to undermine the Constitution.	friendly_iconoclast	Apr 2013	#115
I agree that the laws gun restrictionists want are not going to happen with the 2nd in place	aikoaiko	Apr 2013	#85
The Second Amendment isn't going anywhere. Get over it.	badtoworse	Apr 2013	#97
Who is "we", Kimosabe?	sylvi	Apr 2013	#99
The 2nd Amendment uproar is the shiny object...	bvar22	Apr 2013	#101
We are drowning in guns. Drain the swamp!	kenny blankenship	Apr 2013	#112
You want severe restrictions against against civilian gun ownership like Mexico and Jamaica?	friendly_iconoclast	Apr 2013	#116
Good luck with that.	Bake	Apr 2013	#117
You didn't read the OP. At all.	Uzair	Apr 2013	#118
Sure I did. 2nd Amendment is no longer necessary.	Bake	Apr 2013	#120

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