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Could you explain to me under what epistemology Albert Petrosky's use of a .50 BMG rifle does not constitute a crime?


Ok, the VPC found one instance that may or may not have involved the .50 during the .50 BMG's 85 year history. None of his victims were shot by the .50, but the cops apparently found three empty casings.

http://johnrlott.tripod.com/2005_05_01_johnrlott_archive.html

Big deal. I bet can find more crimes involving ice picks, ladders, swimming pools, ammonia, glass bottles, hammers, screwdrivers, nail guns, piano wire, blunt objects, etc etc. And that's just within a few years. It doesn't take a rifle to kill someone.

I'm sure you know that most of the info on the VPC's site is complete BS anyways. It's even on wikipedia that "no violent crime has ever been committed with a .50 BMG rifle in the United States." I'm not saying that that means it's true, but it is at least the common perception.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_BMG#Legal_controversy