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Myth: .50-calibers are the favorite weapon of terrorists

Fact: Most terrorist attacks are in the form of bombings (90%). Other acts, such as kidnapping (6%), armed attack (2%), arson (1%), firebombing (1%), and other methods (2%), are far less common.1Of the “armed attacks,” the most common weapons used are fully-automatic AK-47 rifles.

Fact: A single.50 caliber rifle costs upwards of $10,000, yet terrorists can buy the favored AK-47 in Pakistan for less than $200. History shows they opt for the AK-47.

Fact: .50-caliber rifles are heavy (20-35 pounds), expensive (from $3,000 to $10,000 each, with ammunition costing $2-$5 for each round), impossible to conceal (typically four feet long), usually single shot (slow to reload), and impractical for terrorists.

Fact: .50-caliber rifles have only been used in 18 crimes in the history of the United States.2

This is an excerpt from “Gun Facts” by Guy Smith, available free from http://www.gunfacts.info

  1. Dexter Ingram, “Facts and Figures About Terrorism”, Heritage Foundation, September 14, 2001 – some attacks had multiple methods which accounts for a total in excess of 100%.
  2. General Accounting Office, “Weaponry: .50 Caliber Rifle Crime”, Report no. OSI-99-15R, revised Oct. 21,
    2001.
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1 Comment on “Myth: .50-calibers are the favorite weapon of terrorists”

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    on Jul 1st, 2009 at 12:27 pm

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