Don't know if it's ever occurred to you that in the case you find somebody's trying to break into your house or steal your car or just fuck with you, with a Desert Eagle .50 action express you can like fire one shot in the air and the first thought that would come to their mind is "I ain't fuckin with that guy" . Putting a bullet in them would be unnecessary.
Plus it's just a BAD ASS gun.
And I don't know how to multi-quote, but whoever was saying something about getting a permit yea that's just something I LOVE about Texas, don't need any kind of documentation to own any kind of fire-arm, except a post 1986 (I believe that's the right date) machine gun. Here you only need a permit to distribute firearms.
Further shows that you have absolutely no buisness ever owning a firearm. It is not a fucking toy you scare someone with. If you draw down on someone you had better damn well be in a situation where the threat needs to be stopped. But hey if you decide that a .50 is the way to go and you decide you are going to "scare" someone away go ahead and shoot your hand cannon into the air, sprain your wrist and call a lawyer when that round comes down through some old ladies head.
I really do not know where people get the idea that a gun is something you use to intimidate someone with. And chances are if some dude is breaking into your house while you are there they are so strung out on meth that the racking sound of a shotgun is not going to mean jack shit to them. These kinds of comments are what get people all pissed off at gun owners.