ECO-TERRORES
One Shot, One Kill: Civilian Sales of Military Sniper Rifles [May 1999]
For at least the last two decades, the firearms industry in the United States has repeatedly introduced progressively more lethal weapons into the civilian marketplace. [...]
Today, another deadly innovation is becoming more prominent in the civilian marketplace, this one perhaps more lethal than any of its predecessors: the military sniper rifle. An extremely powerful weapon, the sniper rifle uses high-caliber ammunition at extraordinarily long ranges. The sniper rifle is truly a military weapon, fielded by armies in conflicts around the world. [...]
These same military armaments are now freely available across gun shop counters. As a result, the ideal tool for assassination and destruction is accessible to terrorists, criminals, or mentally unstable people here in the United States.