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Tennessee names Barrett M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2016 11:04 am
by DispositionMatrix
http://www.timesfreepress.com/news/poli ... le/351788/
Senators voted 27-1 for House Joint Resolution 231. It designates the Barrett Model M82/M107, a recoil-operated, .50-caliber, semi-automatic rifle developed by Tennessee native Ronnie Barrett as the Volunteer State's official rifle. Barrett is owner of the Christiana, Tenn.-based Barrett Firearms Manufacturing Co.
Barrett, these days a board member of the National Rifle Association and known for hosting lawmakers en masse for shooting events, was just 27 when he invented and crafted the rifle.
The weapon is manufactured in Christiana, which is near Murfreesboro.
Typo fixed.
Re: Tennessee names Barret M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 8:39 am
by DamnYankee
I'm always impressed when elected officials work so hard on the really important stuff...
Re: Tennessee names Barret M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 9:25 am
by CDFingers
There will be fourteen folks in the entire state who can afford one. That's about the same number of people who can read in TN... Nah. but you get my point.
http://tnliteracy.org/resources/facts/
CDFingers
Re: Tennessee names Barret M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 12:07 pm
by TrueTexan
Now California will ban Tennessee
Re: Tennessee names Barret M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Sat Feb 27, 2016 1:00 pm
by CDFingers
TrueTexan wrote:Now California will ban Tennessee
Ain't no place I'd rather be.
Ambiguity is the mother of perception.
CDFingers
Re: Tennessee names Barrett M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Sun Feb 28, 2016 1:26 pm
by DispositionMatrix
Propagandist rag WaPo's alarmist take is it's about shooting down commercial aircraft.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/won ... -aircraft/
Despite being a legislative waste of time, the honor bestowed upon Barrett by state lawmakers had to do with the fact the rifle was designed by Tennessean Ronnie Barrett. That's about it.
Re: Tennessee names Barrett M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:45 am
by ErikO
Guess soon enough the Hawken Trade Rifle will become the gun of Missouri, or maybe the Winchester Thuddy-thuddy.
Re: Tennessee names Barrett M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:50 am
by SailDesign
From my viewpoint, I'm afraid this merits a giant WGAF.....
Re: Tennessee names Barrett M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 1:59 pm
by pdoggeth
So I would venture to ask WaPo's Chris Ingraham just how many commercial aircraft have been brought down by a Barrett in the last 30 years...
Re: Tennessee names Barrett M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Mon Feb 29, 2016 2:03 pm
by JColville
The AR15 is known as America's Rifle. I'm wondering what Oregon's state firearm would be? Probably the same answer to the Oregon State Bird, the Oregon State insect, the Oregon State animal... the Banana Slug/
Re: Tennessee names Barrett M82/M107 official rifle
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2016 12:38 am
by shinzen
JColville wrote:The AR15 is known as America's Rifle. I'm wondering what Oregon's state firearm would be? Probably the same answer to the Oregon State Bird, the Oregon State insect, the Oregon State animal... the Banana Slug/
That sounds like a new theme that cries for the artistic touch of klowncannon. Please.
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