rufx2 writes:
> > Eugene- Person or persons sniping at your house from the property line of
> > your ranch and you can't use a .50 in defense? Wait for them to come closer
> > and use your Heller-Approved handgun?
> > {Cf pdf pages 27 & 37}
Volokh replies:
> Hmm -- how realistic is it to expect that one will be sniped at from a
> distance where a .50 caliber rifle will reach, but other rifles
> (recall that the state law doesn't keep you from having other rifles)
> won't?
Not very realistic, IMHO. But what should be the dividing line
between realistic and unrealistic?
Consider the .338 Lapua Magnum? It will extend the "defense distance"
over the common "high power" .30 caliber rounds (e.g. the .30-'06 and
the .300 Winchester Magnum.) Yet it is shorter range than is the .50 BMG.
Would banning it "materially interfere with the right to self-defense"?
There is a continuum of rifle performance - a few examples:
.30-'06 .300 WinMag .300 Rem UltraMag .338 LapuaMag .416 Barrett .50 BMG
What should be the dividing line?
--henry schaffer
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