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Gun Control & RKBA

jpak

(41,758 posts) Tue Feb 12, 2013, 06:16 PM Feb 2013

Does Dorner have a .50 cal sniper rifle? Did he buy it legally before he turned "bad"? [View all]

If the answer is yes and yes, then why should anyone be allowed to own such a dangerous long-range weapon?

What legitimate purpose do these things have - except to kill at long ranges and penetrate body armor?

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Does Dorner have a .50 cal sniper rifle? Did he buy it legally before he turned "bad"? [View all] jpak Feb 2013 OP

Well, he is all for an Assault Weapons Ban, so it's okay. Common Sense Party Feb 2013 #1

Pretty much any rifle will penetrate body armor... krispos42 Feb 2013 #2

The Branch Davidians had 'em - Osama Bin Laden and other terrahrists too. jpak Feb 2013 #7

seriously? gejohnston Feb 2013 #8

IIRC... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #11

It's like reading a Cheney speech, isn't it? krispos42 Feb 2013 #13

Oh boy, a rifle used in four whole crimes. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #25

maybe, and no gejohnston Feb 2013 #3

"except to kill at long ranges" holdencaufield Feb 2013 #4

.50 BMG rifles are illegal in California. Ashgrey77 Feb 2013 #5

which is why Barrett made a .416 littlewolf Feb 2013 #18

And there is the .338 Lapua, another countyline rifle Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #22

I can think of 4 crimes. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #26

I stand corrected. Ashgrey77 Feb 2013 #28

I'm surprised the wiki article is that out of date. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #29

let us face it. all guns have a legitmate purpose to do damage, whether it is for good or bad Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2013 #6

Stolen from the LAPD? Remmah2 Feb 2013 #9

I own one, a bolt action AR-50. oneshooter Feb 2013 #10

Then again he probably can't tote it that far and has a fraction of the ammunition he would have iiibbb Feb 2013 #12

A friend of mine bought one to cull deer on his dairy farm ileus Feb 2013 #14

While I am impressed... discntnt_irny_srcsm Feb 2013 #15

And you can buy 50 cal tracer fire and take down a plane or a helicopter too. What fun! applegrove Feb 2013 #16

actually, you can't gejohnston Feb 2013 #17

60 minutes did a story on it a decade ago. I didn't know they had tightened up applegrove Feb 2013 #19

just because they did a story on it gejohnston Feb 2013 #20

HAAHAHAA no. AtheistCrusader Feb 2013 #27

Marky Mark did it in The Shooter! didact Feb 2013 #32

You know what else can take down a plane? dizbukhapeter Feb 2013 #24

They are fun to shoot. guardian Feb 2013 #21

Any standard rifle round will defeat most police body armor dizbukhapeter Feb 2013 #23

already illegal in California melm00se Feb 2013 #30

Don't know. 'Still waiting to see when I "go bad." nt Eleanors38 Feb 2013 #31