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yagotme

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13. And, unfortunately, some wish us to have nothing at all.
Mon Nov 20, 2017, 02:51 PM
Nov 2017
https://giffords.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Giffords-Lethal-and-Legal-1.pdf


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"Cue the .50 caliber muzzleloader, which delivers a particularly lethal .50 caliber round. This weapon
is designed with a built-in device to suppress its sound. If any other firearm were built with such a
device, it would be subject to the NFA as a silencer. But since this device is designed to suppress the
sound of something that is exempt from federal firearms laws, it is not considered a silencer and not
subject to the NFA. In fact, it is not subject to any laws at all and can be bought online."

They make no difference in the article, or attempt to separate the NEWLY designed Silencio .50 cal muzzle loader with integral, non-detachable suppressor, with the MILLIONS of other muzzle loading rifles. Actually, a .50 cal muzzle loader would have been considered a minor caliber on the Revolutionary War front. .69 was generally the go-to musket. It seems to me they are combining the "suppressor" fear with the ".50 cal" fear. A front stuffer is NOT a .50 BMG. Still waiting for them to find a way to get rid of all that billowing, white smoke when you pull the trigger. (Can't imagine trying to clean that thing. Black powder is very corrosive, and will eat steel out very quickly if not properly cleaned. And a non-removable suppressor would be a PITA to clean.) And, as far as a mass shooting, 1-2 shots a minute are not going to rack up a long list of victims.

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