The Barrett Light 50

The Barrett Light 50
has an effective range of about a mile
a mile is a real good distance for a head start
and reasonably dispassionate...
why is it called fifty ?
when you're hit you explode into fifty pieces
well maybe if you happen to have a penchant for a little Raufoss
no, it's simply a 50mm bullet, you know like a .45 or a .38
or if you want to be picky about the imperial ...a 9mm
the 50 makes a mess of bystanders clothes
trainee medical personnel are not fond of it
the result is pin-up material in the morgue, unofficially...

Obviously amateur rioters know nothing about 50's
take for example Burma, Tibet
or all the little statelets propped up by a corrupt America
even Teheran, here it's a theatrical production
teeshirted they throw bottles and stones, pretend they're angry
go home, watch tv, surf the net, twitter a little go to bed
but if they were serious about change
then a half a dozen history changers, about 50k US, ironically...
well maybe not, on the black nearer 100...
every country should have some
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on this the Day of the Dead... it is appropriate for political contrariness to talk, maybe even celebrate death. What is it but just another approach to life. It comes to us in many guises, some expected some not.. Death by shooting, once a popular pastime, here in North Ireland, (and probably again) is normally fairly instant.

a convoluted solution to political problems is the M82, aka The Barrett Light 50.