[url]http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0201220170jan22.story[/url]

I saw this topic on FSN. I questioned if since .50s would be MGs under this bill...if once amnestied you could legally convert say a .50AE AR-15 to a .50AE M16. Since you are making a MG into a MG and it would be registered as a MG, I don't see why not.

So, the real question is if they will make the Upper a conversion part. If so, then the only legal way I see to do the conversion would be with a non-conversion part. I.E. a Pre-81 DIAS and M16 Parts.

The guys over there couldn't get past the fact that it would be converting a semi to fully auto. But, if they in fact are redefined as MGs and amnestied and therefore become registered/transferrable MGs, why can't somebody make it fire FA. A MG, is a MG, is a MG...Wouldn't this be much like taking an Open Bolt Semi-Automatic MAC that was registered years ago and converting it to FA. It is a registered MG, so you are not making a new MG in violation of 922(o).

So, what is your opinion ?

Also, when exactly did the Branch Dividians Become terrorists ?

I doubt they'd reclassify it as an MG - Destructive Device is another class of NFA weapon that would require the same registration and tax, but wouldn't create a bunch of grandfathered machineguns.

The quote in the paper is either a stupid politician thinking all NFA weapons are machineguns, or a stupid reporter interpreting the stupid politician's words.

Reclassification of the .50 to a DD is quite possible, though, and has been brought up by the antigunners at least several times before.

[b] Also, when exactly did the Branch Dividians Become terrorists ?
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The victors write history...and the Davidians lost.

All current ones would be amnestied. That means registered tax free. But, as a DD you could also continue to build .50s as long as you file a Form 1 and pay $200. As a MG, no new civilian .50s could be made. But, both have ups and downs. A Type 10 FFL and SOT is cost prohibitive, so only a few major manufacturers will continue to produce, meaning prices will go up. As a MG, any Class 2 SOT could build one, but no more could be produced for civies. An 07/C2 is relatively cheap compared to a 10/C2. Worse yet is that there are nearly no DD Dealers as an 09/C3 costs $4,000 to start and $1,000 per year and $3,000 every 3 years to mantain.

I just emailed that bitch, and I don't even live in her state!

Here's her email address:[email][email protected][/email]

Here's the text of what I sent:

..............start of letter..............

I'm so glad I don't live in your state.

Your proposed legislation to outlaw .50 caliber rifles is probably one
of the
three stupidest things I've ever seen in print.

Why don't you do a little research before proposing something this
idiotic?
Never mind.  I know why.   You want to ban guns and aren't particularly
interested
in the truth because it just gets in your way.

Such research would reveal that these rifles simply aren't used in the
commission of crimes.   They're big, heavy, expensive, very hard to
conceal,
can't be fired without attracting a LOT of attention, and to borrow
Richard
Pearson's comment, "These weapons are as clumsy as a cow on a fire
escape"
Criminals simply don't use them, and you can't come up with any evidence

that they do.   Not that I'd expect you to try, since truth is bad
business for
a gun-grabber like yourself.

Fortunately, the state of Illinois is not completely full of idiots
who'd support
your anti-Constitutionalist agenda.   With any luck, your bill will be
laughed
out of existence and you'll be laughed out of office.

Why don't you and your fellow gun-grabbers ever stop to think that
law-abiding citizens aren't the people you need to worry about?   It's
the criminals you need to worry about, and they're already disobeying
the law.   Do you think they'll obey another stupid new anti-gun law
when they haven't been in the habit of obeying laws to begin with?

Rather than try to criminalize a manufactured item, why don't you
focus on effective enforcement of the laws already in place, of
which there are already quite enough?    Regardless of gun type,
it's illegal to shoot somebody in most cases and that by itself
is sufficient if the law is properly supported.

Quit blaming a THING when it's a PERSON who's committing the ACT.

Your feeble-minded attempt to justify this legislation as an
anti-terrorism
measure won't fool a smart six year old.    NOBODY with a three-digit
IQ believes for a moment that terrorists buy their guns in the US
when they're a tenth as expensive in some other countries, particularly
those countries where terrorists are usually armed and trained, like
Pakistan and other parts of the Middle East.

Legislation like you're apt to introduce penalizes nobody except for
honest, decent, law-abiding citizens who just happen to enjoy the
shooting sports and harm nobody in the process, and those who
choose to be armed against the possibility of attack by the
aforementioned
criminal element, but have no criminal intentions.

Gun owners across the nation are becoming more and more aware of
the un-American activities of gun-grabbing socialists like yourself on a

daily basis.   You'll find less and less support for your harebrained
schemes
with each passing day.    For your sake, if you want to have another
term
in office, you'll figure that out and reconsider your position in time
for your
re-election bid if you choose to pursue that path.  Otherwise, those who

are awake and aware WILL vote you out of office.



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Keep in mind that gun owners constitute the MAJORITY of the adult
population in the United States.   We've lost some ground because too
many
got complacent and adopted a limited perspective, but those people are
rapidly rejoining the voting segment of the population in response to
your
senseless attacks on our Constitutionally protected rights.

Our voices will be heard at the polls, in addition to letters like this
one.

A personalized reply is quite acceptable to me.  You may email it or
send it via US mail.

VERY sincerely, and with little tact,

(signed)

...........end of letter............

You bet it wasn't particularly polite.  I'm not
playing politeness games with these assholes anymore.   If they feel like we're getting angry, maybe it'll influence them to back the hell off.


Go ahead, it's your turn!   Write those poison pen letters, even if it's to another district or state!

CJ

For the record, can anybody actually recall a violent crime being commited with a .50BMG? I really am curious, because I'm still a newbie to the firearm community.  Does this legislative sludge include the .50AE?

I wonder if this would affect the .50AE Desert Eagles...
That would suck if it did.
- Dustin

As of this time, there has been NO reported criminal act committed with any of the legal .50 BMG chambered rifles on the market according to the FBI's reports.  NONE.

It's not about crime.  It's about banning guns. Once you understand that, you'll understand these gun grabbing slimeballs.   But most of them aren't brave enough to come right out and say it, so they hide behind 'anti-crime' and 'anti-terrorism' causes.

CJ

If they ban .50BMG wouldn't they also have to ban .50AE and if they banned that wouldn't they have to ban most all of the blackpower arms too?

Now that would be funny as hell. Bring out a Civil War musket and say "They wish to redefine this as a Machine Gun" then show everybody how it takes forever to load.

BUt, there is a list of guns the ATF has exempted from the NFA. Most are old antique rifles, etc...but there are a few that would be nice if they were available. There is some Semi-Automatic Beretta Carbine that has a 12.5" Barrel and is exempted from the NFA. They will probably make up a list of antique guns to exempt so that they don't look like fools.

One thing I've got lying around here is a surplus barrel from a 20mm GE Vulcan cannon, from an F-4 Phantom's gun pod.   It has occurred to me that I could make a legal cannon out of it if it fired BLACK POWDER and didn't take a cartridge.    I can buy new target practice 20mm slugs for 150 bucks a hundred,
and I've got access to a half million dollar machine shop for making the rest of the gun.
I can't see any reason why I couldn't make
an electrically fired breechloader.

Oh, the barrel is rifled with GAIN TWIST!  Very interesting design indeed!

Given the current political climate, I'm really tempted to make it.    Some engineering services may be required to design a truly GOOD cannon, but I think I can find a qualified engineer who'd help.

Anybody know how many grains of Pyrodex would be a good starting point for a four ounce projectile at 4000 FPS??   [beer]
KABOOM! [50]

CJ

CMJ... "so the hide behind ...."  

You forgot "do it for the children."

If any of you remember the Texas Tower incident in the '60's... they made a movie of it... the shooter used a bolt action scoped deer rifle (in the movie he had a .30 Carbine).  

So, after that, there was a big move to ban "sniper rifles with telescopic sights".  They wanted to ban scopes, too.

It is a case of "flavor of the day".  Whatever is freshest in people's mind, they want to ban ALL guns.  That is their goal.  Of course, like Rosie O'Donnald, or Hanoi Jane (when she had a gun violation problem in California), they do not think the laws apply to them... those laws are for us "little people".

And guess what that was just as stupid. I don't know how tall the tower was/is, but...it is very easy to figure out that if the tower was 100 feet tall, then the persons fired at could be 282 feet away and it would still have been a 100 Yard shot. I have taken 100 Yard shots with an AK-47 w/ Standard sights and been able to place headshots on a human size/shaped target. In fact, iron sights are more dependable than scopes which tend to get misaligned.

Then again, this was another gym of anti-gun idiotcy.

BTW, the formula is:
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\/((Height of Tower^2) + (Distance From Tower To Target^2))