Make sure you read where Ma Brady talks about the extreme round known as the 30-30 From Sarah Brady herself----------------------
Even Remington's top gun writer agrees on Assault Weapons
>
> With important writers such as this on our side, it is clear that we
> have a cultural imperative to remove dangerous terrorist rifles from
> our streets, and our woods.
>
> Jim Zumbo is a writer for the prestigious Outdoor Life magazine and
> represents the views of America's true sportsmen. He is also sponsored
> by Remington.
>
> but this is the other part
>
> Monday, February 19, 2007
>
> The tragic proliferation of Sniper Rifles
>
> I would like to take a moment to comment on the proliferation of
> Sniper Rifles. Sniper Rifles are typically equipped with a
> high-powered scope, and every single one of them can blow through the
> body armor cops wear. They can even penetrate multiple police cars.
> Does the Second Amendment protect cop-killer Sniper Rifles? The NRA
> certainly thinks so, along with the powerful gun lobby that wants your
> children and your law enforcement officers to be at risk from these
> weapons of mass destruction. Some of these Sniper Rifles can even
> penetrate ballistic or armored glass, lightly armored vehicles, and
> armored limousines. Senator Ted Kennedy attempted to solve this with
> an important bill that would have banned armor piercing ammunition and
> protected lawful firearm commerce:
>
> "Another rifle caliber, the 30.30 caliber, was responsible for
> penetrating three officers' armor and killing them in 1993, 1996, and
> 2002. This ammunition is also capable of puncturing light-armored
> vehicles, ballistic or armored glass, armored limousines, even a
> 600-pound safe with 600 pounds of safe armor plating.....
>
> ..It is outrageous and unconscionable that such ammunition continues
> to be sold in the United States of America.."
>
> Should our elected officials live under the threat of reprisal on
> their lives from disgruntled constituents? The Gun Lobby seems to
> think so. We disagree.
>
> Sniper Rifles can be equipped with precision optics above even what
> the Military uses, allowing a sniper to deliver rounds within
> millimeters of accuracy - enabling them to engage targets at distances
> of well over one hundred meters. Is there a pressing need to be able
> to kill with accuracy at that distance? It is too far to justify as
> self defense. It is too far for hunting. It is only useful for those
> who wish to murder from afar.
>
> Large caliber Sniper Rifles such as the .50 Browning Machine Gun can
> derail freight cars, shoot down aircraft and helicopters, damage vital
> ground equipment such as power substations, fuel tanks, and air
> traffic control, and cause complete chaos. For more information on why
> large caliber machine-gun rounds must be banned, visit
>
http://www.50caliberterror.com. A shipment of large caliber
> machine-gun round sniper rifles made by Steyr turned up in Iran, and
> are being used on our own soldiers, as the .50 bullets easily defeat
> their body armor, their up-armored humvees, and even APCs.
>
> Many forward thinking, progressive politicians such as Ted Kennedy,
> Chuck Schumer, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi, Hillary Clinton, and
> Barack Obama have voted against Center-Fire Rifle Ammunition of types
> for Sniper Rifles, but due to the pressure and massive financial
> resources of the gun industry, the necessary steps to protect our
> homes and lives have not been attained.
>
> Sniper Rifles have been used by murderers and spree killers for years,
> with notable incidents such as the Beltway Snipers, the Clocktower
> Sniper, and more.
>
> ANY rifle configured and equipped as a sniper rifle has no sporting
> purpose especially as a hunting rifle. They are too big and heavy to
> take to the field. Designed for distance shooting, they are useless
> for the ranges at which game animals are normally shot, and when used
> on sporting sized game at range they often just wound the animal,
> inhumanely forcing it to die slowly while the would-be hunter tracks
> it to finish it off. Most Sniper Rifles fire atypically large
> cartridges and ultra high velocity ammunition that can travel much
> greater distances that standard ammunition. The danger imposed from
> missed shots and ricochetes from these specialty rounds is
> unreasonable.
>
> Most of these rifles carry multiple rounds, with either an automatic
> mechanism, or a quick toggle action to rapidly move another bullet
> into the breech, ready to fire into another victim. In most states,
> they are nearly unrestricted. Anyone over the age of 18 can buy one.
> If they can't pass a background check, they skirt the NCIS system by
> going to a gunshow, or finding a private sale in the newspaper. A
> murderer camped at a distance from a public gathering could quickly
> turn it into a massacre dwarfing anything we have seen before in the
> United States, if they had a Sniper Rifle. If they adopted hit and run
> tactics, entire portions of our country could be shut down.
>
> Sniper Rifles shoot a high powered bullet that is almost always fatal.
> They are designed for one thing- delivering powerful overkill with
> deadly precision. You don't need the kind of power and accuracy that
> can kill a man at five hundred yards for hunting rabbits or defending
> your house.
>
> We should also give commendations to France because many years ago
> they designated any firearm capable of shooting military ammunition as
> a military arm, illegal to posess without a special permit and
> unlawful to use for hunting. The 223, 308, 7mm mauser, 30-06, and
> 6.5x55 have no place in the hunting fields of France. Firearms
> shooting these calibers are military weapons only designed for killing
> PEOPLE and should be kept out of the hands of the general population.
> Because they have no hunting purpose, there is no reason for civilians
> to own them.
>
> Every state in the USA has hunting equipment rules that limit the
> caliber of firearm used to take game. They also limit the types of
> rifles, length, magazine capacity, etc. States should amend these
> hunting regulations to restrict the use of "sniper" rifles, specialty
> "sniper" cartridges, and "sniper" ammunition. Limits on weight, barrel
> length, bipods and tripods, thumbhole stocks and pistol grips, night
> vision type scopes, scopes of excessive magnification, super magnum
> and high velocity ammunition, and military slings should be imposed.
> They have no place in the hunting fields of America and hunting usage
> should not be used as an argument for civilians to own such firearms
> and weapons. There are more than ample hunting rifles, cartridges, and
> rounds of ammunition to choose from without them.
>
> Let us hope that in a safer, saner America, we will succeed in our
> efforts to restrict the deadly spread of long distance murder rifles.
