Poo by the pants-load
The VPC has selected it’s latest target: large caliber hunting handguns. They say that gun industry sorts call them big boomers. No one I know does. And they say that they are vest busters. Third notes that they are obviously running out of scary names.
I’m sure some gang banger is going to carry around a four pound revolver that’s as big as my forearm.
Once again, they are demonizing your hunting guns.
Update: OK, some one does use the term big boomers.
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 am
Oh shit, I used “big boomer” in a post about large-bore revolvers this morning (mostly discussing how they weren’t all that hot at poking through kevlar).
Should I go change it?
December 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 am
I thought vest busters were something else entirely. I’ve dated some. Silly me. Maybe they were big boomers.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:09 pm
If they had everything restricted down to the last produced gun, and it was a single-shot break action pistol with no sights, magical unicorn horn bullets that only penetrate those with evil thoughts, and gunpowder specially formulated to burn quietly in a light white mist of rose-smelling vapors, VPC would still find a way to vilify and try to ban it.
December 23rd, 2008 at 12:10 pm
I thought a “big boomer” was the result of eating too many beans…
December 23rd, 2008 at 2:03 pm
The “big boomer” quote comes from the owner of a sporting goods store. I didn’t realize they were now part of the “gun industry.”
December 23rd, 2008 at 5:09 pm
“Big boomer” is a large missile boat. A huge submarine that can launch ICBM’s.