New Jersey terror plotters sought to get 7.62mm AK-47 assault rifles, so legislature takes the obvious step and outlaws .50 caliber rifles... New Jersey moves on .50 caliber gun ban following Dix arrests 5/10/2007, 4:08 p.m. ET By TOM HESTER Jr. The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey moved Thursday toward becoming the second state to outlaw the powerful .50 caliber rifle that critics contend could potentially be used in terrorist attacks. The guns, which resemble large hunting rifles, are accurate up to 1 1/2 miles and critics contend they could be used to penetrate an airliner or ignite chemical plants, rail tanks cars and refineries. California is the only state with a similar law. Legislation that would make New Jersey follow suit was released Thursday by an Assembly committee and can now be considered by the full Assembly. The ban is getting renewed attention after federal investigators this week announced they had foiled an alleged terrorist plot by six men who were planning to attack Fort Dix. "As unnerving as the Fort Dix terrorism plot was, it could have been all the more worse if the weapons of choice for alleged assailants had been .50 caliber assault guns instead of AK-47s," said Assemblyman Reed Gusciora, D-Mercer. The six men arrested Monday night allegedly tried to buy AK-47 assault weapons, M-16s and other weapons from a government informant. The bill is opposed by gun rights advocates who claim it would do nothing to stem gun violence. "Gun bans will not stop a criminal intent on doing harm, because the criminal mind will always find another tool," said Scott L. Bach, president of the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs. "This feel-good legislation disarms only responsible citizens and does nothing to prevent crime." The bill would include .50-caliber weapons in the same law that bans explosive devices. Violators would face up to five years in prison and a fine up to $15,000. The proposal would exempt antique guns and traditional rifles that fire a single shot. It would also allow people who own a .50-caliber weapon before the law takes effect to keep their weapon.
Come on, we all know that terrorists,( and all bad guys), always obey our laws while trying to committ crimes. What stupidity!
So LE can't keep off the streets the ones they had run-ins with before, and it takes a pimple-faced kid at Circuit City to bust up this plot. Oh yeah, now I see how banning .50 cals will help stop future attacks.
Here's a fairly complete list of various groups of animals, but idiots seem not to be included. I was going to suggest "mob" as we know mobs don't show good sense... But that seems to insult some animals... So, how about a "legislature of idiots"? Certainly seems fitting in this particular case! alligators: congregation antelope: herd ants: nest, army, colony, swarm apes: troop, shrewdness asses: pace, herd, drove baboons: troop badgers: cete bears: sloth, sleuth beavers: family, colony bees: grist, swarm, nest, hive boars: sounder, singular buffalo: herd, troop, gang, obstinancy butterflies: flutter buzzards: wake camels: train, caravan, flock caribou: herd cats: clowder, cluster, glaring, pounce caterpillars: army cattle: drove, herd chickens: brood, peep cockroaches: intrusion cormorants: gulp cows: kine crocodiles: bask, float crows: murder deer: herd dogs: pack doves: arc, dule, flight, pitying ducks: paddling, flock, raft eagles: aerie, convocation eels: bed, swarm elephants: herd, memory elks: gang, herd emus: mob ferrets: business finches: charm fish: school, shoal, haul, catch flamingos: stand, flamboyance flies: swarm, cloud, business foxes: leash, skulk, troop frogs: army geese: gaggle, skein giraffes: herd, corps, tower gnats: swarm, cloud, horde goats: flock, herd, tribe, trip goldfish: troubling gorillas: band, troop grasshoppers: cloud gulls: colony hares: down, husk hawks: boil, cast, kettle herons: sedge, siege hippos: bloat horses: herd, band, string, team, stable hounds: mute, brace, pack hyenas: cackle jays: band, party, scold jellyfish: smack, brood kangaroo: mob, herd, troop larks: exaltation leopards: leap lions: pride lizards: lounge mice: nest moles: labor monkeys: barrel moose: herd mules: barren, span otters: romp oxen: team, yoke, drove owls: parliament oysters: bed parrots: company, pandemonium peacocks: ostentation, pride pelicans: pod penguins: rookery, colony pheasants: bouquet, nye pigs: drift, drove, sounder porcupines: prickle porpoises: school, crowd, shoal prairie dogs: coterie quail: bevy, covey rabbits: nest, warren raccoons: gaze rattlesnakes: rhumba ravens: unkindness rhinoceroses: crash sardines: family seabirds: wreck seals: pod, rookery sharks: school, shoal sheep: flock, pack, hurtle snakes: bed, knot, den, pit sparrows: host spiders: clutter squirrels: dray, scurry starlings: chattering, murmuration storks: mustering swallows: flight swans: bevy, herd, bank, wedge, flight swine: sounder, drift, herd tigers: ambush, streak toads: nest, knot trout: hover turkeys: rafter turtles: bale, dole walruses: pod, herd weasels: pack, colony whales: school, pod, mob, gam wolves: pack, rout wombats: wisdom woodpeckers: descent zebras: herd, zeal http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/ ... _list.html
The really nasty thing about long sticks with dog poo on the end is that it is very difficult to prevent accidental discharge. The stuff comes off when you least expect it.