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i wrote the following to our governor.


i wrote about this last week, i doubt that my one little message here - that will never be read by the Governor - will make any difference. but it's an important issue. .50's have never been used in crime. they've never been used by terrorists. they pose no threat to the general peace. as we well know, highly focused terrorists can wreak havoc with *box cutters*. so banning these rifles on the basis of their being a potential terrorist threat is just absurd. they are no more a threat than ammonium nitrate and diesel fuel - what is necessary is evil intent, not the raw materials, or this particular rifle.
mr. governor, i voted for you, based upon your generally centrist-but-
leaning-to-the-right position. you've handled enough guns in your movie career to know that it's not the gun, it's the hand that weilds it that matters. since, i reiterate, these guns have never been used in crime, nor for terrorist purposes, then this bill will accomplish nothing if signed into law - besides denying those who are not the problem access to their sporting arm of choice.
for the record, i don't own a .50 BMG. i can't afford one - neither can the nearby crack dealer.
please veto this feel-good, do-nothing legislation.
thank you.