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[Nuclear Unicorn]

208. But the OP is based on the premise that technical knowledge says .50 rifles

are too dangerous to leave to the populace. When it's pointed-out that .50 rifles are not the preferred weapon for those who know how to inflict deliberate destruction, in other words, an appeal to technical knowledge, the point is no longer .50 rifles as the OP first proposed but whatever is most likely to advance an agenda against rifles.

That is disingenuous at best.

Once upon a time the complaint was "assault rifles" then it became "semi-automatic rifles which cosmetically look like assault rifles." We were told nobody wants to take single-shot rifles which are used in sports or hunting but then the OP tells us .50 rifles are too dangerous to be excepted because of all the shooting down of helicopters that *could* occur. When .50 rifles are shown to be less than optimal for this fictious epidemic of non-existent violence then lower caliber is declared to be the new threat.

In other words: mission creep.

When I first came to a place in my mind where I could accept Heller and McDonald I clung to the last vestiges of gun control PR that said they would accommodate the pro-RKBA polity by not seeking a general ban. Posts such as yours convince me this is just a Siren song.