Purebred Redneck said, "My take has and always will be that a 50 caliber centerfire rifle has ablsolutly no practical purpose, none whatsoever. Now if we were shooting at deer at 1 mile behind a brick building, I can see... "
What ridiculous reconstituted bull food!
What in almighty hell does practicality have to do with it? Apparently you like muzzle loaders. I think they suck, therefore who cares if you can't have one 50 caliber or larger? I sure as hell don't! I don't much care for shotguns either, so let's outlaw those, cuz I don't care.
Now before you blow a gasket, think over what I just said. That's the result the antis want. DIVIDE AND CONQUER, and you just fell for it.
BTW, my feelings about muzzleloaders and shots is just that. I don't like them. But I damn well would not say you can't own one. How about a full auto firearm? They're a hell of a lot of fun to shoot. But look at the hoops you have to jump through to get one.
On several ocasions, I have taken the trouble to type out parts of cetain laws, still on the books including the Militia Act of 1792, Title 10 of the U.S. Code, and the fact that neither state that the National Guard is the militia, but I'm not going to do this anymore as I feel that I'm pissing up a rope. You want to find the facts, go to
www.gunowners.org and go to their firearms facts section. Educate yourself.
Sorry if my post is offensive, but I'm tired of, "Well I see no practical use etc, ad nauseun" and trhe antis win another round. It's damn well time gun owner got their collective heads out of their eectal orifaces and see what's happening. You don't like 50 BMGs. So what. Don't buy one. You don't like AR-15s or AK-47, SKSs whatever, don't buy one. Nobody's twisting your arm. Just don't you tell me I can't buy one. Because I will tell where to go, and it's one hot place.
I've probably been around a bit longer than most of you here, and I've seen my gun owning rights being eroded left and right. I don't like it and I'm mad as hell.
Paul B.