[fabsroman]

I haven't been around too long, only 33+ years and I have seen enough of this stuff to really piss me off. There was the Clinton ban on assault weapons and that was a joke. The sniper attacks that occurred in my area, by U.S. citizens, were committed using an AR-15. As long as guns are manufactured somewhere in the world, the bad guys will have them. So, you can outlaw .50's in California, but that doesn't mean that the bad guy cannot go over to Utah, Nevada, or where ever else and buy a .50. Outlaw them in the U.S. and they will be shipping them in on the black market just like this guy was shipping them out. Of course, that is if criminals really want these guns. Terrorists probably have an interest in them, but does the everyday criminal, probably not.

As far as I am concerned, the ATF must have dropped the ball on this one because I have heard of people's homes being invaded for reports of arms stockpiling in amounts less than 100's and certainly not 100 Barrett .50's.

As has been mentioned before, there are plenty of gun laws already on the books. Law enforcement should worry about enforcing those laws and getting hard time for people that use guns illegally.

As far as I am concerned, this country would be a better place ALMOST everybody were allowed to carry guns. Then, criminals and terrorists would have to think twice before they did something, and even then, the damage might be decreased.