Well at least the perp won't suffer.

In 1995, Jefferson County Sheriff's Deputy Tim Mossbrucker was gunned down outside an Albertsons store with a .50-caliber weapon.

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Really? What tanks do they need to engage from a mile out, or humans from 5 miles (to use the liberal claims)?

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[lol]You got THAT right! Maybe it's a tactic to save on court costs!

Criminal Use of the L.A.R Grizzly 50 Caliber Sniper Rifle—Cop Killer "Fifty Cal Al"

On April 28, 1995, Albert Petrosky walked into an Albertson's Grocery Store in suburban Denver, Colorado and gunned down his estranged wife and the store manager. Armed with an L.A.R. Grizzly 50 caliber sniper rifle, an SKS Chinese semi-automatic assault rifle, a .32 revolver, and a 9mm semi-automatic pistol, Petrosky then walked out into the shopping center parking lot, where he exchanged fire with a federal IRS agent passing by and killed Sgt. Timothy Mossbrucker of the Jefferson County Sheriff's Department.136

Petrosky, who was known to his friends as "50-cal Al,"137 fired all four weapons, including the 50 caliber rifle, during this murderous rampage.138

After the incident, investigators found three fired 50 caliber cases and eight live 50 caliber rounds outside Petrosky's van, along with four live rounds inside the van.139 Petrosky, a 36-year old auto mechanic, was wanted at the time on a felony warrant, but nevertheless was able to buy the 50 caliber sniper rifle from a gun dealer without a background check because the federal Brady Law did not apply to long guns at that time.140 The dealer who sold him the super gun was later reported to have said, "I feel real bad about what happened."141

It should be noted that Petrosky, who later committed suicide after having been convicted of three counts of murder,142 was not wealthy. He was an auto mechanic who spent a lot of time playing pool, had a criminal record, and was a wanted man. Yet he was able to afford his "toy for a big boy"—once again trashing the specious claim that 50 caliber sniper rifles are "too expensive" for criminals.

When authorities test-fired Petrosky's Grizzly 50 caliber rifle, according to Jefferson County Chief Deputy District Attorney Peter Weir, it blasted through a manhole cover "like a hot knife through butter."143 Barrett Firearms Manufacturing dismisses such evidence of the 50 caliber's power by this sneering red herring, posted on its Internet web site:

Capable of shooting through a steel manhole cover that is 3½ inches thick. (If a manhole cover existed this thick, it would weigh 475 pounds. Has anyone ever seen one of these? Who would lift it?)144

Clearly, the point is not the dimension or weight of any given manhole cover, however much Barrett wishes it were. The point is rather the power of the 50 caliber sniper rifle and its round. That power is well documented in—among other things—a U.S. Marine Corps demonstration for the Congress and Barrett's own promotional literature.

It happened that each of Petrosky's victims were killed by other weapons in his arsenal.r However, most people would agree that this incident qualifies as "criminal use" of a 50 caliber sniper rifle.

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POS webb is on his way out.. new mayor elected yesterday.. [url=http://www.9news.com/storyfull-co.asp?id=15065]Hickenlooper[/url]

where does he stand?  donno... but as I already mentioned, webb is a POS.

Chief Gerry Whitman gave an example of its accuracy. "If we put this up on the helipad of the police headquarters, we could cap a guy on the top of The Denver Post building," he said.

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Hmm, although I dont agree, but many who posted in the "44 minutes" thread said they'd back way off and hit'em with a high powered rifle.

How about EOD use? How about some terrorisms[size=1]TM[/size=1] taking over an airplane on the tarmac, claiming to have explosives planted throughout the airport and runway areas. There are several scenarios in which a fifty would be appropriate.

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I call BS on this.  More likely the perp used a Shotgun or a Desert Eagle.

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It wasn't a desert Eagle or shotgun.
The perp shot his wife and the store manager where she worked with a secondary weapon.

He then set up a bi-podded rifle in the parking lot near his vehicle, and waited.

Mossbrucker was first to arrive, only he never really arrived:
The perp shot him through the windshield as he was turning into the shopping center parking lot:
Mossbrucker never knew what hit him.

I don't think it was a .50 cal.
I think it was some russian or chinesse import.

Jay