Posted on 07/29/2018 8:30:00 AM PDT by Simon Green
The bigger the gun, the deadlier it is. Or, rather, the bullet.
The Washington Posts Christopher Ingraham on Friday highlighted a study published in the journal JAMA Network Open that found larger-caliber firearms are much likelier to kill a shooting victim than smaller-caliber ones. Caliber measures the internal diameter of the barrel of the gun, or how wide the bullet is.
Analyzing data on hundreds of shootings in Boston between 2010 and 2014, researchers Anthony Braga of Northeastern University and Philip Cook of Duke University discovered that on a bullet-by-bullet basis, shootings with larger-caliber guns were deadlier than smaller-caliber handguns, but theyre not more accurate. Shootings with a medium-caliber weapon were 2.3 times likelier to result in death than with a small-caliber gun; large-caliber guns increased the odds of death by 4.5 times compared to small-caliber guns.
The implication, Braga and Cook wrote, is that replacing medium- and large-caliber guns with small-caliber guns would have resulted in a 39.5 percent reduction in gun deaths.
(Excerpt) Read more at vox.com ...
Trap, skeet, sporting clays, five stand, steel, bowling pins, bullseye...
I used to use the term “the point is to destroy what you are shooting” - but then spent some time shooting at steel targets! For my kids, did use some old fruit when they were first starting out - just to drive home how important it is to follow good safety rules.
The first time my young daughter ever fired a shotgun she followed all the rules. The instructor was very impressed with her keeping her finger off the trigger until ready to fire.
“Did your dad teach you that?”
“Yeah - with the BB gun. But he also points it out on TV every time the guy has his finger on the trigger!” (The second item I think annoyed her!)
Great! All of you should get professional training.
Look at the illustration. Which thing is not like the others?
Answer, the 7.62 x 39 cartridge is designed for the AK-47 assault rifle. ALL the other rounds, save for the small .22 LR cartridge(frequently used in handguns) are rounds designed for pistols.
ALL center fire rifle rounds pack more energy, and potentially more lethality than almost ANY pistol round designed for use in a handgun.
So I guess that means Vox is OK with my:
5.56 x 45 mm
7.62 x 51 mm
7.62 x 54R mm
.30-06
.30-30 Win
.45 Colt
.45 ACP
.454 Casull
.50 BMG
Whatever, Vox is still a bunch of idiots.
What?!!
No sixteen-inch two handed meat cleaver?!!
That is my kitchen weapon of choice!
With that I can part your hair down to your navel.
Oh, sorry that probably wouldnt be in a knife block.
Carry on then.
100%
Replace concealed carry with open carry. Then the bad guys could tell who to pick on without harm to themselves.
.308/7.62, .30-06, .30-30.
Obsessed with the AK-47.
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