Tennessee lawmakers make the .50 Barrett the official state rifle

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Posted: 2/24/2016 7:35:50 PM EDT

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee lawmakers have designated a sniper
rifle made in their state and used by militaries around the world as the
official state rifle.

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The .50-caliber Barrett sniper rifle takes its place alongside other
state symbols like the tomato as Tennessee’s official fruit, the cave
salamander as the state amphibian and the square dance as the state folk
dance.

The state Senate voted 27-1 Wednesday to pass the resolution after earlier House approval.

http://wtop.com/politics/2016/02/tennessee-designates-sniper-rifle-as-its-state-rifle/

I need to move my ass to that state

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Tennessee - The Patron State of Shootin' Stuff.

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Saw this on the news a few weeks ago. Seeing a big M82 on the headlines made me do a double take.

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wunderbar

is they get it put on the state flag, I'd have to get one.

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So Florida has a choice....KAC or keltec

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Needs to be repeated

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Sometimes I really love my state

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This

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I wonder if I can talk the wife into getting one, "but honey it's the official rifle of TN"

It might work.

Posted: 2/24/2016 8:02:19 PM EDT

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Banned in my state by a freaking RINO

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all these years later I am still jaded...

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Them bastichs are fun to shoot, but expensive as hell.

The rounds ain't cheap, either.

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Tennessee for the win.

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Do TN residents get a discount?

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How are they banned? It's a semi auto 10rd rifle with a fixed stock. Can't you have AR's that take 10rd mags?

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I went hunting one morning back in December and between 8 am and 1 pm heard over 1000 gun shots. I was not even that far out in the country. Probably averaged about a shot every 3 seconds. No gun ranges around. Shots. From all directions and distances. Just lots of good Tennesseans shootin stuff.

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I tried like hell a few years ago to talk Barret into doing a collaboration with Guncrafter Industries.

A kitted-out M82 and a .50GI 1911, with matching serial numbers in a special edition Pelican case.

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I have a distant family member that works at Barrett in the "deburr" part of the assembly line.

I asked him how often he gets to shoot them, thinking workers might get heavily discounted range time or something. He gave me a funny look and said he's never even held one before.

Posted: 2/24/2016 8:10:08 PM EDT

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So glad i moved here from IL

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I have a distant family member that works at Barrett in the "deburr" part of the assembly line.

I asked him how often he gets to shoot them, thinking workers might get heavily discounted range time or something. He gave me a funny look and said he's never even held one before.

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Do TN residents get a discount?

I have a distant family member that works at Barrett in the "deburr" part of the assembly line.

I asked him how often he gets to shoot them, thinking workers might get heavily discounted range time or something. He gave me a funny look and said he's never even held one before.

That's just wrong!

How could you not at least want to hold what you just helped to make.

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This makes me feel good to be a 'Barrett'.

Unfortunately, no relation to Ronnie.

But maybe he could adopt me.

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That's just wrong!

How could you not at least want to hold what you just helped to make.

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Do TN residents get a discount?

I have a distant family member that works at Barrett in the "deburr" part of the assembly line.

I asked him how often he gets to shoot them, thinking workers might get heavily discounted range time or something. He gave me a funny look and said he's never even held one before.

That's just wrong!

How could you not at least want to hold what you just helped to make.

Oh I'm sure he would want to; it's probably that the paid-per-hour type workers on an assembly line aren't allowed to.

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And unlike another state that starts with a T, who I won't name, we don't spend all of our time trying to convince everyone we are awesome. We just are.

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How are they banned? It's a semi auto 10rd rifle with a fixed stock. Can't you have AR's that take 10rd mags?

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Banned in my state by a freaking RINO

How are they banned? It's a semi auto 10rd rifle with a fixed stock. Can't you have AR's that take 10rd mags?

I don't live there but I believe 50 BMG is banned by name.

Posted: 2/24/2016 8:19:52 PM EDT

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Nice, now if they could just teach their kids biology...

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I don't live there but I believe 50 BMG is banned by name.

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Banned in my state by a freaking RINO

How are they banned? It's a semi auto 10rd rifle with a fixed stock. Can't you have AR's that take 10rd mags?

I don't live there but I believe 50 BMG is banned by name.

The caliber itself? I've never heard of a caliber being banned. That's 50 shades of WTF.

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Banned in my state by a freaking RINO

How are they banned? It's a semi auto 10rd rifle with a fixed stock. Can't you have AR's that take 10rd mags?

I don't live there but I believe 50 BMG is banned by name.

Yep, the caliber itself is banned. However, one can tell the vote buying cocksuckers to go fuck themselves, and get a Barrett in 416 Barrett (which is PRK legal).

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How are they banned? It's a semi auto 10rd rifle with a fixed stock. Can't you have AR's that take 10rd mags?

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Banned in my state by a freaking RINO

How are they banned? It's a semi auto 10rd rifle with a fixed stock. Can't you have AR's that take 10rd mags?

Haven't you heard? You could shoot through the aluminum skin of an airplane with that rifle! Barrett refused to send some LAPD Barrett back to them after they banned them IIRC.

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I have a distant family member that works at Barrett in the "deburr" part of the assembly line.

I asked him how often he gets to shoot them, thinking workers might get heavily discounted range time or something. He gave me a funny look and said he's never even held one before.

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Do TN residents get a discount?

I have a distant family member that works at Barrett in the "deburr" part of the assembly line.

I asked him how often he gets to shoot them, thinking workers might get heavily discounted range time or something. He gave me a funny look and said he's never even held one before.

The only one I've fired is owned by a guy in Missouri.

However, I did fire it in Tennessee (at the last Camden MG shoot).

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Does this give me voting rights in TN?

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Or Safery Harbor.

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The caliber itself? I've never heard of a caliber being banned. That's 50 shades of WTF.

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Banned in my state by a freaking RINO

How are they banned? It's a semi auto 10rd rifle with a fixed stock. Can't you have AR's that take 10rd mags?

I don't live there but I believe 50 BMG is banned by name.

The caliber itself? I've never heard of a caliber being banned. That's 50 shades of WTF.

Yup, pretty sure that makes us the only state to have banned bolt action rifles because of it.

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Which model?

They make five different .50 BMGs.

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You could buy it for......her......
" he went to Barrett!!!!!"

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" he went to Barrett!!!!!"

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I wonder if I can talk the wife into getting one, "but honey it's the official rifle of TN"

It might work.

You could buy it for......her......
" he went to Barrett!!!!!"

Lol!

Well played sir ,well played.

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That was interesting.

How did I post in the wrong thread?

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M82

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I'll be sending a thank you to Nashville.

I thought the cherry-stocked flintlock muzzle-loader was already the Tennessee rifle.

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No, but like the Bald Eagle, you're not allowed to kill the owner of one.

This has the hint of money influencing a vote. I would've preferred Davy Crockett's "Ole Betsy" as that would've been a bit more "pure" but the Barrett is ok I guess.