Obama and Guns: Two Different Views

[Gaolee]

Originally Posted by snakesht

It is bigger than .50 (.729), but you missed something that PhilB quoted:

Yep, I missed it. Thanks.

[PhilB]

Originally Posted by Teej

And yet guns exist with much higher caliber, and are legal.

Granted a lot of the Nitro Express stuff is possibly exempted due to age (old elephant guns and such) but here's a nice modern example that is exempted...

Mr

14.5mm. .50 cal would be 12.6. The difference of 2mm in diameter is about the same as the difference between 9mm and .45 (~ 11mm, give or take) so it's not insignificant...

That's the law as written. The old Nitro Express stuff was not black powder, but generally is old enough to qualify under C&R status.

I'd be very curious to see exactly what and how the 14.5mm you quote got a DD exception, and on what grounds. The law as written does not provide for such exceptions.

PhilB

[!!!!!NJ Ride]

Has there ever been a clear definition of "common sense regulation/laws"?
We all know "common sense" isn't a quality a vast majority of politicians possess.

[bush]

Originally Posted by !!!!!NJ Ride

Has there ever been a clear definition of "common sense regulation/laws"?
We all know "common sense" isn't a quality a vast majority of politicians possess.

No. "Common sense regulation" is a buzzword to introduce increasingly intrustive regulations on firearms in an effort to eventually legislate them away - or at least the ability to use them effectively.