L.A. Police support .50 Cal ban

[echo3mike]

From the Orange County Register:



Police move to ban .50-caliber guns

LOS ANGELES - The Police Commission voted unanimously to ban the sale of .50-caliber guns.

The move Tuesday was the latest in a series of gun-control actions taken in the city that previously enacted bans on the sale of assault weapons, "Saturday night special" handguns and high-capacity ammunition clips.

Last year, City Council members directed City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo to draft an ordinance to ban the sale and civilian possession of .50-caliber rifles. The proposed law would also outlaw the sale of the new Model 500 pistol introduced by Smith & Wesson.

The large, high-powered weapons can pierce concrete from more than 400 yards away.

Police could not cite any instances in which the guns have been used to commit crimes in the city. Still, Chief William J. Bratton strongly supports the ban, which will now be considered by the City Council.

John Burtt, chairman of the Fifty-Caliber Shooters Policy Institute, said the ordinance is the latest effort to demonize a weapon typically used by target shooters and big-game hunters.

A similar proposal to ban the weapons was defeated in the state Legislature last year.


...And the stupidity continues :banghead:

S.

 

[Nightfall]

Disturbing how a whole group of guns can be banned when literally not one violent crime has ever been committed with a .50... in the entire nation.

I take it there doesn't even have to be a semblance of reasoning behind a gun ban now... 'guns cause guns' seems to be more than enough.

 

[PrudentGT]

California has preemption with regard to firearms laws. So even if LA has a municipal ordinance against 50 cals, it doesn't have the power of law. Of course, before you get your day in court, you've got to survive an arrest by LAPD...