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More VPC Lies
Posted by: Sebastian on 
Mar 19th, 2008 | 
Filed under: Gun Rights
As all gun owners know, .50 BMG rounds with micronucular warheads have been strictly regulated under federal law since 1994. They are unavailable to civilians. The VPC greatly exaggerates the danger of this threat.
March 19th, 2008 at 10:07 am
I think that is the parody site. We never developed nuclear warheads that small.
March 19th, 2008 at 10:26 am
I don’t see what the problem is here as long as you don’t have a magazine stuffed with more than 10 rounds.
I believe this would be a quite effective hunting round. Fire into the woods( no distinct target required ) then go in and collect everything that’s glowing and eat it. No need to even cook it!
March 19th, 2008 at 10:28 am
I know it’s a parody site
March 19th, 2008 at 12:13 pm
I’m pretty sure that would be an NFA item.
March 19th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
Actually, they are only mostly unavailable to civilians. There are still a lot of “preban” micronuclear fifty-cals out there which can be found and purchased without any background check or registration via the gunshow loophole.
March 19th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
I could be wrong Ahab, but I’m fairly certain it would be a destructive device.
March 19th, 2008 at 1:43 pm
There are still a lot of “preban” micronuclear fifty-cals out there which can be found and purchased without any background check or registration via the gunshow loophole.
No doubt being smuggled over the Mexican border as we speak.
March 19th, 2008 at 3:15 pm
I LOLed. Theoretically possible, but not practical.
March 19th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I have some rifles which are “minute of fleet” like the one in the video, but unfortunately mine only shoot regular bullets….
March 19th, 2008 at 4:57 pm
The NFA only, AFAIK, mentions weight of explosive material, not “equivalent”, so if you can make a nuke with under an ounce of boom-ite, you’re free and clear under the NFA.
I think nuclear weapons are regulated by other laws as well, however.
That and I don’t think a nuke that small is possible with current technology, especially in a way that wouldn’t poison or kill you simply by handling the round.
Mmm, sporting nuclear target shooting, at 1500 yards…
March 19th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
Unfortunately, it takes 10 kilograms of plutonium to reach critical mass, in a sphere of about 100 millimeters. Uranium requires 52 kg with an 110 mm sphere.
March 19th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Obviously what this means is that Ronnie Barrett has traveled into the future to develop miniaturization technology, to shrink these devices down to only a centimeter.
March 19th, 2008 at 6:41 pm
It’s just like a Raufoss round! The VPC has assured the public that they are easily purchasable. So, the solution is to make .50 BMG rifles NFA items… and those somehow won’t be smuggable* or [illegally] purchasable.
Like those Chinese, Russian, and South African .50 caliber rifles that don’t exist…
*smuggable: adjective, short for smuggle-able.
March 19th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Ah yes, reminds me of the old Birdman Nuke .50 BMG skit. Good stuff.
http://tinyurl.com/yefuae
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