Report to Congress

It didn't look too bad. Not very much hard factual info tho'

The anti gun bastards are going to make the .50 bmg the evil gun just like they did with saturday night specials, assult shotguns an assult rifles.I also think it will screw everyone with 500 caliber and up!

8. Congress could realize the relative non-existance of crimes committed with the weapon and the relative lack of effect that any imposed laws would actually have on a terrorist-type criminal who was compelled to obtain one from the black-market.

Gangs out there TODAY have fully-automatic weapons (rifles and pistols), and they've been banned since 1934. What are the chances that those gang members have all their Class 3 stamps paid up?

If they want to fix the problem, they should PUNISH the people committing the crimes, not impose more restrictions upon law-abiding citizens that aren't going to misuse the things anyway.

I've said it before ... waltz into some average anti-gun guy's office and plop down a 600 Nitro Express round on his desk beside a 50 BMG and tell him the 600 nitro is totally unregulated and watch how many shades of green he'll turn.

How about a 4 bore or maybe even a 2 bore rifle cartridge... which as collector's item cartridges, are rounds that are exempt also.

Too many people like to pick on the "big guy" ... but in this case, the big guy is largely innocent of any crime - ever.

And once the 50s are gone? ... who becomes the next "big guy" on the block.

.338 lapuas?

.300 win mag?

.416 phoenix - or whatever those .338/.375/.416s from Lazzeroni are called. (Sorry, I don't know much about Lazzeroni's rounds.)

And what about any other number of wildcats out there like the JDJ things. There will always be a "big, dangerous round" - even when the only big, dangerous round left is a .22 short.