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Originally Posted by Spartan198
The laws themselves aren't necessarily stupid, but most of the time the reasoning behind them is. I don't know if this is actually true or not, but I've heard .50 cal rifles were made illegal in California after a criminal shot an LAPD helicopter out of the sky with one in SWAT.
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I've never heard that, but it sounds absurd. Or at least, the Wikipedia page on the ban says nothing about it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.50_Cal...on_Act_of_2004
As for .50-caliber rifles, I'm not sure if they shouldn't at least be regulated under the NFA.