Voting From the Rooftops..., page 1

First off there is not much that can stop a .50 caliber bullet from a 3,000 dollar sniper rifle (add at least $800 for a 1 mile range scope, now in night vision for only lots haha). And each round costs almost 2.50 usd. Hell a .50 caliber rifle will punch a hole through anyplace on a bradley fighting vehicle except the front and parts of the cupola, but there are mitigating facts.
1. for the price of the rifle minus scope and no ammo you can illegally buy 5 full auto ak-47's with 10 30 round mags of armor piercing each for less.
2. Yes in theory a .50 bmg rifle is pinpoint accurate to 1 mile plus but you combine the cost of just supplying the basic ammunition, gun, and scope to where you are capable of being accurate (plus the punishment those mutha's deal out every time you fire them! that is a big freaking round after all... I've fired one I won't do it again)
3. As far as being a military rifle you are absolute correct, as a matter of a fact it isn't even a common military weapon Here is why: Even the small .50 rifles carry enormous price tags as well as enormous weight (50 rounds rifle and scope alone would be well over 50 lbs. in most cases). Second they are not sniper rifles they are anti-materiel/psy-ops rifles used by special forces troops, their sole purpose is to cause what is normally considered token damage i.e a radar aerial or other equipment in a rear area of the enemy is hit and then the sniper team moves out accomplishing their mission of scaring the crap out of the opposing sides leadership.
4. Even a good rifle with all of the bells and whistles is not what you would call a subtle weapon they are amazingly loud and all of them put out a tongue of flame at least a couple feet long, which is why noone commits murder with them.
5. Body armor 101: Ok class here is how it works in the real world your average police officer and/or soldier wears level 3 a or l. 3 kevlar vests with a trauma plate system. You can realistically expect this to stop 99% of all handgun shots even at point blank range, with the exception of specialized rounds and .22 cal and other small bullets. You cannot expect however body armor to:
a: stop a rifle bullet: Even with the steel plates some rangers wear it will not stop a 7.62, 5.56mm, or .223 cal bullet or any other true rifle cartridge.
b: Assuming you survive the first shot even with a pistol because of a vest, YOU ARE STILL MOST LIKELLY GRIEVOUSLY INJURED.
6. I am very disappointed to see someone in ATS mouthing the Brady/UN party line of guns are bad. Of course they are bad! Are you stupid noone who is slightly sane wants to kill someone, but there is only one reason why governments want to take weapons from civilians and it isn't good. PERIOD. THERE IS NO ACCEPTABLE REASON TO PROHIBIT CIVILIAN GUN OWNERSHIP.
7. If you had done your research you would understand that noone kills people with $4,000 weapons, they are rare and easilly traceable. You would also understand that the brady bill and others like it were designed to erode the 2nd ammendment slowly and it has worked