Typical falsehood-ridden (not just spun) WP article on firearms.<p>Errata:<p>1) &quot;In the 1993 gun battle at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Tex., for instance, the cultists &quot;fired a .50 caliber semiautomatic rifle at agents attempting to execute a search warrant,&quot; according to a GAO report.&quot;<p>Well, that&#x27;s what a 1999 (6 years after the fact) said in passing, but its only attribution is &quot;according to ATF&quot;.  In fact, no .50 caliber bullets or damage thereof was ever found or entered into evidence.<p>2) &quot;In 2013, a suspect in a police standoff in Fond du Lac, Wis., fired several .50 caliber rounds during the incident, prompting police to call in a BearCat armored vehicle.&quot;<p>Outright fabrication.  Not only did the police <i>not</i> claim that the .50 caliber was fired at any officer, but Rogler was <i>not even charged with a gun crime of any kind</i>.<p>3) &quot;Overall, the gun safety group Violence Policy Center has identified at least 46 instances of .50 caliber guns being used in criminal activity.&quot;<p>Outright fabrication.  There has been exactly <i>one</i> criminal use of a .50 caliber rifle (Adam Wickizer, 2013) among all of the crimes in that list.  That VPC document is so sloppy, they keep referring to &quot;50 caliber&quot; rather than .50 caliber.  (50 caliber would be a <i>4-foot-diameter</i> projectile)