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AtheistCrusader

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27. HAAHAHAA no.
Wed Feb 13, 2013, 03:08 AM
Feb 2013

This is a non-issue. Any rifle can do that, and 'incendiary' ammo is not required.

Two Canadian geese brought down the Hudson river crash plane. There is no deer rifle mild enough to be safe to shoot at an airplane. The .50 would, at best, let you do it from a couple hundred yards further away. BFD. Nobody's done it yet. Not bloody likely to happen either, given the geometry of making the shot in the first place.

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I'm surprised the wiki article is that out of date.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
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