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(Vox) One way to reduce gun deaths: restrict big bullets and guns
Vox ^ | 07/28/18 | Emily Stewart

Posted on 07/29/2018 8:30:00 AM PDT by Simon Green

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To: Simon Green

Another exercise in stupidity.


61 posted on 07/29/2018 11:15:50 AM PDT by Rannug (When you're dead, you're dead. Until then fight with everything you have.)
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To: taxcontrol

“Slow hit beats fast miss”


62 posted on 07/29/2018 11:16:38 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: vette6387

Yup, stupid liberals have their theory collapse in the first reading.


63 posted on 07/29/2018 11:23:35 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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"replacing medium- and large-caliber guns with small-caliber guns would have resulted in a 39.5 percent reduction in gun deaths."

Hmmm... Guess this means the Navy will have to retrofit a lot of ships with .22 cal or pellets...Land-force artillery and tanks will also need a lot of modifications...

64 posted on 07/29/2018 11:25:45 AM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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To: Telepathic Intruder; All
The whole point of shooting a gun is to kill what you’re aiming at. When exactly would you not want your shot to kill?

Really? I have shot thousand of rounds of .22, 9mm, .357 Mag, .45 Auto, .223 Remington, 12 gauge, and never killed anyone yet.

Then again, maybe I’m a lousy shot. 😳

65 posted on 07/29/2018 11:29:43 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isnÂ’t common anymore.)
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To: vette6387

Yeah, there just a case near me where a guy shot two trespassers trying to break into his property.

His problem was he shot them both as they were running away, and they were quite a distance from his house.

He shot them both grave-yard dead with a 22 LR rimfire, and only one of them was head shot!


66 posted on 07/29/2018 11:35:17 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: Cobra64

Target practice I assume? The practice is so you’ll be good at shooting things to kill them. Again, the whole point of a gun is killing what you’re aiming at, not shredding paper.


67 posted on 07/29/2018 11:42:31 AM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: Dutch Boy

The tacnuke of small arms isn’t 45. It’s 357 magnum. It’s beyond dispute.


68 posted on 07/29/2018 11:44:02 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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7.62×39 is “large”?

Does that make my 7.62×51 light artillery?


69 posted on 07/29/2018 11:45:15 AM PDT by oldvirginian (Imagine, if you can.......a world without islam.)
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.22 kills more ppl each yr than any other. And guess which caliber I keep pulling off parolees?

These ppl are dumb. It is like saying a semi-auto .308 is more lethal than a .22.... no mention of grains, distance, proficiency, etc. Apples and oranges.


70 posted on 07/29/2018 12:08:20 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: Simon Green
I like big bullets, I cannot lie...
71 posted on 07/29/2018 12:14:41 PM PDT by fungoking (Tis a pleasure to live in the 0zarks)
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To: Simon Green

Heasline.

Libs finally settle 45 vs 9mm debate. Next is PC vs Mac


72 posted on 07/29/2018 12:23:28 PM PDT by dangerdoc
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To: Beagle8U
His problem was he shot them both as they were running away, and they were quite a distance from his house. He shot them both grave-yard dead with a 22 LR rimfire, and only one of them was head shot!

I presume law enforcement didn't approve of his use of lethal force on someone fleeing while dozens of yards away.

73 posted on 07/29/2018 12:27:25 PM PDT by Simon Green ("Arm your daughter, sir, and pay no attention to petty bureaucrats.")
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To: C210N

HILARIOUS. Which movie?


74 posted on 07/29/2018 12:32:11 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: Simon Green

What they are not getting traction on the AR-15 anymore so they switching tactics?

They are trying to hollow out the 2A. They dont eat. They dont sleep. They never stop. They will keep coming. Its what they do!


75 posted on 07/29/2018 12:57:27 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives. Do nothing, they win and we lose.)
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To: Simon Green

Nope, I think he got 7 years or something like that. The sad part was they had broke into several other homes that night before they got to the last one. They should have gave him a medal.


76 posted on 07/29/2018 1:55:39 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: lefty-lie-spy

and bullets designed for the target you intend to use them on at the velocities created by the firearm you are shooting at the distance you will be engaging your target.

I know what my handguns and selected ammo will do in a biological mass of bone, flesh and packed body cavities. I hunt with my handguns/carry guns too.

I do quite a bit of pig hunting because I can do so on property we own. Dressing out a pig is pretty close to a post mortem.


77 posted on 07/29/2018 2:30:35 PM PDT by oldenuff35
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To: Simon Green
An Alternate Look at Handgun Stopping Power

This is perhaps the best among easily accessible studies to answer this question. I like the methodology, which is explained by the author, and it reads like someone looking for the truth rather than to further an agenda.
The bottom line: Size almost doesn't matter, except don't get hit by any rifle or shotgun!

78 posted on 07/29/2018 4:38:03 PM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: Simon Green

These people are idiots! They have .357 magnum listed as a large caliber, but a .38 Special as a medium caliber. They are the same damn caliber (i.e., .357!).


79 posted on 07/29/2018 5:01:54 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Simon Green

What are they doing throwing a rifle caliber (the 7.62 x 39) in with what are typically handgun calibers? The only exception would be the .22LR, which is used in both rifles and handguns.


80 posted on 07/29/2018 5:05:45 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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