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<p>A Pinellas deputy removes a .50-caliber rifle from the Seminole townhouse of Dr. Robert Goldstein on Thursday.</p> <p>SEMINOLE -- Picking through a pile of firearms and explosives in a Seminole townhouse, Pinellas sheriff's deputies and federal agents found dozens of legal weapons, several suspected bombs and one rifle that has raised hackles from Washington to California.</p> <p>The .50-caliber rifle, like the one discovered late Thursday at the home of Pinellas podiatrist Robert Goldstein, is one of the most-discussed legal weapons on the market today.</p>

By Jon Dougherty © 2002 WorldNetDaily.com A committee of the California Assembly is set to consider a bill that would outlaw the sale and ownership of .50-caliber rifles in the state. The measure, known as A.B. 2222, was introduced Feb. 28. Sponsored by Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D-Hollywood, chairman of the Assembly's Select Committee on Gun Violence, the bill would also outlaw "small-arms armor-piercing ammunition." "Existing law requires, except as specified, for the destruction, as a nuisance, of a machine gun possessed in violation of law. This bill would similarly require, except as specified, for the destruction, as a nuisance, of...