Open letter from Ronnie Barrett **Read**

[gd357]

Here's the problem as I see it.

1.) the government is restricting the tyoes of guns we can own. I can almost buy into the automatic restrictions, but now they're going after semi-autos, and even single-shots just based on caliber??? Give me a break.

2.) Most of the people making these laws have no idea what purpose ANY gun is used for. In short, we have very few hunters/shooters deciding what constitutes a legal firearm.

3.) Any hunter is free to use any legal firearm to take whatever game they are pursuing. I prescibe to the dead-is-dead theory which basically states that a .50 BMG is not too much gun for whitetails.

Now, we could say that .50's are military weapons, and have no use for civilian purposes. However, I'd say that a .50 BMG would be just the ticket for Alaskan brown bears, cape buffalo, or anything else capable of inflicting damage on the hunter pursuing said quarry. I'd also agree that a .50 would buck wind a lot better than a smaller round, and therefore would be useful for long range target shooting and similar activities. I don't have a .50 BMG, although I plan to own one in the future. I don't want a non-hunter who isn't familiar with firearms telling me that I can't own one simply because it is considered a "military only" caliber.

gd357