New Jersey governor vetoes proposed ban on .50 caliber rifles
NEWARK, New Jersey Sat Aug 17, 2013 12:17am EDT  NEWARK, New
Jersey (Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie on Friday
vetoed legislation that would have banned .50-caliber rifles
from the state, infuriating gun control activists who said that
he was bowing to political pressure from the right.  The move
comes a week after Christie signed into law 10 less
controversial gun violence bills that were backed by gun control
advocates, including bans on the sale of firearms to people on
federal terrorism watch lists and increased penalties for
firearms use.  But Christie said the prohibition on .50-caliber
rifles would outlaw a weapon that had never been used in a crime
in New Jersey.  "Tellingly, the legislature points to no
instance of this class of firearms being used by even a single
criminal in New Jersey," he said. "The wide scope of this total
ban, therefore, will not further public safety, but only
interfere with lawful recreational pastim