Supervisors vote to outlaw .50-caliber guns; lawsuit planned

Contra Costa County's move to ban the sale of .50-caliber rifles is the opening salvo of what could be a fierce battle pitting terrorism fighters against firearms owners.

As legislation for a statewide ban awaits a state Senate committee hearing, gun owner groups have vowed to file a lawsuit over the county Board of Supervisors' 4-0 vote Tuesday to ban the sale of the powerful weapons in the county's unincorporated areas.

The ban would become law 30 days after a second reading on April 6.

This is one of those "They banned WHAT?" moments. The two gun dealers within Contra Costa don't even sell .50 caliber rifles. The elected nincompoops are trying to create a "precedent".

Posted on 2004-03-26 16:29:46.0 by matthew@triggerfinger.org

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