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To: george76

High velocity automobiles are a danger greater.
Kinetic energy equals one half the mass times the velocity squared.
Mass is the objects weight divided by the acceleration of gravity as weighed. Velocity is in like terms.
Take a 4000 pound auto at 60 mph or 88 feet per second and acceleration pf gravity is 32.16 feet per second per second or ft per second squared do the math and that dang car has 481,592 foot pounds of kinetic energy far far more than any magazines of ammo. Double the speed and quadruple the energy. No talk of common sense here


61 posted on 04/18/2023 4:20:34 PM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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To: Recompennation

And an automobile can accelerate between human impacts.


69 posted on 04/18/2023 5:25:13 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
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