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Tennessee’s new official state rifle is .50 caliber
- masonic 11y agoTypical falsehood-ridden (not just spun) WP article on firearms. Errata: 1) "In the 1993 gun battle at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Tex., for instance, the cultists "fired a .50 caliber semiautomatic rifle at agents attempting to execute a search warrant," according to a GAO report." Well, that's what a 1999 (6 years after the fact) said in passing, but its only attribution is "according to ATF". In fact, no .50 caliber bullets or damage thereof was ever found or entered into evidence. 2) "In 2013, a suspect in a police standoff in Fond du Lac, Wis., fired several .50 caliber rounds during the incident, prompting police to call in a BearCat armored vehicle." Outright fabrication. Not only did the police not claim that the .50 caliber was fired at any officer, but Rogler was not even charged with a gun crime of any kind. 3) "Overall, the gun safety group Violence Policy Center has identified at least 46 instances of .50 caliber guns being used in criminal activity." Outright fabrication. There has been exactly one criminal use of a .50 caliber rifle (Adam Wickizer, 2013) among all of the crimes in that list. That VPC document is so sloppy, they keep referring to "50 caliber" rather than .50 caliber. (50 caliber would be a 4-foot-diameter projectile)