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Tennessee has adopted the Barrett .50 as the official state rifle of Tennessee.
This has caused great consternation among the handful of paid shills working at the Violence Policy Center. The VPC makes all sort of wild claims about this impressive rifle’s capabilities, but they forgot the most pressing: It can punch holes in the ozone layer!
Tennessee’s new official state rifle is so powerful it can “destroy commercial aircraft”
(Washington Post) – The Barrett .50 caliber rifle is a powerful gun. Originally designed for military use, its rounds can “penetrate light armor, down helicopters, destroy commercial aircraft, and blast through rail cars,” according to a report from the Violence Policy Center, a gun safety group. The Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence describes .50 caliber rifles like the Barrett as “among the most destructive weapons legally available to civilians in the United States.”
And as of Wednesday, the Barrett .50 caliber is now the official state rifle of Tennessee, joining an illustrious roster of other state symbols including the raccoon (state wild animal), the tomato (state fruit), and Tennessee Cave Salamander (state amphibian).
Who would want a puny rifle as their state’s rifle, anyway?
If VPC has an affiliate in Tennessee, they can become the official state idiots of Tennessee.
LOL
X2!
VPC consistently shows weapons-grade stupidity.
It’s just a rifle, not a rail gun. Of course, if .22s were allowed, they’d be telling us how the mighty .22 long rifle is so much more deadly and devastating than the “short”.