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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 09:44 PM Original message |
Banning the .50 Caliber Rifle in Hawaii Sets a Bad Precedent |
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bluerum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. Those nene's and mongoose are fearsome. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Apr-04-08 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
2. So |
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Sanctified (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 05:33 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. How is this blackmail? |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 12:37 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. not many companies |
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Boomer 50 (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. We do the same thing |
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SteveM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Actually, it's more akin to a boycott, but even this is dubious... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
6. You can buy tracer fire and hit an airplane out of the sky with those suckers. |
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Boomer 50 (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 01:42 PM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Total BS |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. I saw a report on 60 minutes that made it clear a .50 calibre weapon |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:06 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. it could |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:57 AM Response to Reply #9 |
16. Not an airliner, a helicopter (in a hover). A deer rifle can bring down a helicopter, too. |
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RSstoppingby (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:29 PM Response to Reply #16 |
26. Awsome |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-07-08 07:10 AM Response to Reply #26 |
29. Not me, but thanks! |
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Turbo Teg (248 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:03 AM Response to Reply #9 |
18. I don't remember |
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Boomer 50 (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 02:45 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. The 60 minutes story was very misleading |
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Tejas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
28. Applegrove, you're not in Kansas anymore |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:00 PM Response to Reply #9 |
32. How are you planning on hitting it? |
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gatts (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #9 |
37. Explanation. |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. i dont know if this is true |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Also.... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 01:53 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. So even the military has no use for a 50 calibre gun. Good. |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:09 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. as if the weapon had only one single use...... |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-05-08 02:18 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. i don't know if good is the right word to use |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:02 AM Response to Reply #10 |
17. The military considers the .50 useless for shooting down airplanes, that is. |
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Boomer 50 (288 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
27. The military has many uses of the .50 |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 12:05 PM Response to Reply #10 |
33. The .50 has many military uses. Shooting at airborne aircraft is not one of them. |
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benEzra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 08:53 AM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I hope that was intended as hyperbole. |
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Firethorn (64 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 09:23 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. 50BMG already largest by law... |
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DavidMS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Nope. |
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BadgerLaw2010 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-08-08 11:58 AM Response to Reply #6 |
31. Clearly spoken by someone who has never shot a gun. |
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iiibbb (658 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 08:54 AM Response to Reply #6 |
36. Unlikely |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:10 PM Response to Original message |
21. How many people in Hawaii are upset about this? |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:28 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. not many people care |
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bossy22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 03:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. also from what i hear |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:26 AM Response to Reply #22 |
35. Enough people cared |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-10-08 05:16 AM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Not quite sure I understand your statement n/t |
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Major Hogwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-13-08 06:06 AM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Why? |
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HiDemGunOwner (166 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-15-08 07:09 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. English I understand. |
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RSstoppingby (10 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Apr-06-08 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
25. I'll bet |
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