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JoeyT

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6. It wasn't a .50 Beowulf mod for an AR-15

Reply to frylock (Reply #3)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 01:28 AM

Dec 2012

They claim it was a long gun he got caught stealing. I'm not sure what it was, but given the weight they claim in the video(fifty pounds&$5000), it was probably a .50 BMG rifle. If that's what it was, the news report actually vastly under reported it's power. It's a fucking monster of a gun that no civilian needs to have access to.

It's the behemoth on the left.

That alone is an argument for gun control.

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Maybe - freepers say there is no 50 caliber AR15... hexola Dec 2012 #1

Alexander Arms .50 Beowulf Entry Kit frylock Dec 2012 #3

It wasn't a .50 Beowulf mod for an AR-15 JoeyT Dec 2012 #6

"That alone is an argument for gun control." Why? friendly_iconoclast Dec 2012 #8

They are expensive, specialty arms used for long-range target shooting competitions. Atypical Liberal Dec 2012 #11

They are sniper rifles designed for long range human killing jpak Dec 2012 #14

I had one on the bay next to me at a range once obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #13

it's all getting to be rather disturbing. so many gun nutters freaking out, making gun suppliers, Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #2

How the hell does a guy walk away with 11 guns... Historic NY Dec 2012 #4

Reminds me of the call in once from a health club.... Spitfire of ATJ Dec 2012 #5

45 guns missing. Nevermind that they were deadly weapons. Ash_F Dec 2012 #7

Especially since guns have a low profit margin. ManiacJoe Dec 2012 #9

It makes wonder if they were not stolen after all Ash_F Dec 2012 #10

I don't get why Nancy Lanza went all the way to East Windsor to buy her Bushmaster rifle. Jennicut Dec 2012 #12