# Do American border guards have .50 cal rifles for anti-vehicle use?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 23, 2023, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-border-guards-have-50-cal-rifles-for-anti-vehicle-use/993564 "2023-11-23T01:15:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2023, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-american-border-guards-have-50-cal-rifles-for-anti-vehicle-use/993564/4 "2023-11-23T02:20:57Z")

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Thread on that event here:

> [@Crash in Niagara Falls (Wed November 22, 2023) \[Rainbow Bridge car explosion\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crash-in-niagara-falls-wed-november-22-2023-rainbow-bridge-car-explosion/993546):
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> [FBI investigating ‘vehicle explosion’ at Rainbow Bridge on US-Canadian border | CNN](https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/22/us/niagara-falls-rainbow-bridge/index.html) the latest from cnn is that the car accelerated as it approached the bridge, went airborne and crashed into the secondary search area. and came apart in a spectacular way.

It starts out kinda schizo because the mods glued two threads together. After ~10 posts it settles down to sanity.

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