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To: kiriath_jearim
How many felony crimes have ever been committed with a .50 in the USA?

The short answer is none.

216 posted on 02/25/2008 12:18:48 PM PST by PeterFinn (I am not voting for McCain. No way, no how.)
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To: PeterFinn
That statement is accurate with a caveat. While a .50 BMG has never been used as a murder weapon, there have been a couple of occasions were a Perp had a .50 in a vehicle with them during the commission of other crime or was using one in and otherwise unlawful action.

Martin Heemeyer had one in his self made tank, but never fired it. Albert Petrosky had one in his truck, but didn't kill that cop with it. There are a few others, but nothing really all that notable and no deaths that I am aware of.

Groups like the VPC like to include .50's in a list of everything seized from various criminal actions as if their hyperventilating over their very presence meant a damn thing. It's all just part of them trying to get yet another firearm banned.

Groups like VPC and Brady are in violation of USC Title 18, sect 241. In most cases, their victim disarmament laws they constantly push should be considered legally equivalent to "accessory to murder".

229 posted on 02/25/2008 12:33:48 PM PST by Dead Corpse (What would a free man do?)
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