funny barrett story... so back in the early 90s there was a group in the bay area called the 50 caliber club, and it was mostly NASA geeks who would hand load their own .50 rounds, get together on weekends, and see who could put the most rounds through the same hole a mile away, you get the idea.

so news faggots cover it for an interest piece, no big deal, until someone asks if a .50 can take down a helicopter. the answer, of course, is yes, and suddenly the next media cycle was all about how .50 caliber rifles are 'helicopter killers' and microseconds later all .50 calibers were illegal in california.

problem is, one group that relied on .50 caliber barrett rifles were the LA tactical response groups, coincidentally these same clowns were at the forefront of the 'civilians shouldnt have these weapons' brouhaha.

funny thing about barretts, at least back then, the barrels would often warp slightly and because barrett were amazing you could just send yours back and they would send you a new one, easy peasy.

so the LA swatfags send barrett a shipment of barrels and barrett sent them right the fuck back with a hand written note telling them to fuck themselves and to my knowledge, never provided California law enforcement another piece of hardware ever again.