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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:02 PM Apr 2023

What an AR15 does.

There is a lot of discussion of what damage an AR15 does and how if the forensic pictures of victims were released it would make a difference.

I can't show you what it does to a six year old first grader but I can show you what it does to a ten pound pork shoulder. It's about the same size as a child's chest.

If you're up to it here it is: Skip to 2:30, 5:45 or 7:30 to minimize the gleeful commentary.

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What an AR15 does. (Original Post) AndyS Apr 2023 OP
That needs to be shown on the nightly news every day there's a shooting FoxNewsSucks Apr 2023 #1
EVERYONE WATCH AND REPOST THIS MomInTheCrowd Apr 2023 #2
+1 enough Apr 2023 #14
This has very little to do with defense, LakeVermilion Apr 2023 #3
And little to do with hunting. AndyS Apr 2023 #6
Not really, 223 is a round meant for small game, like foxes and ground hogs. thatdemguy Apr 2023 #17
Seems to me based on the opening comments that he's glorfying the AR-15 erronis Apr 2023 #4
He's just repeating what the gun maker AndyS Apr 2023 #7
I understand, thanks. It is still normalizing this horrible stuff. erronis Apr 2023 #9
Show the crime scene photos JPK Apr 2023 #5
That's what the "right wing" did to gain anti abortion support. LakeVermilion Apr 2023 #8
I understand what you are saying, but ultrasounds are not crime scenes. erronis Apr 2023 #12
There are other common hunting rounds that are more doc03 Apr 2023 #10
As a guy that's hunted since he was 16 and used everything from a 30-06 all the way AndyS Apr 2023 #11
see my reply number 6 thatdemguy Apr 2023 #18
The AR15 is designed to kill people. If you shot an doc03 Apr 2023 #19
How about a 1-ounce shotgun slug? nt Shermann Apr 2023 #21
In his closing rmarks, "I hope you enjoyed this". Fla Dem Apr 2023 #13
Yes, this needs to be on the news every time mysteryowl Apr 2023 #15
I am going to be sick markie Apr 2023 #16
The American Carnage promised by Trump dalton99a Apr 2023 #20
Imagine what happens when the recipient of the bullet is hit debsy Apr 2023 #22

LakeVermilion

(1,044 posts)
3. This has very little to do with defense,
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:17 PM
Apr 2023

but for sure you get a sense of the "rush" that comes over the shooter when the target is exploded. These guys are into damage.

AndyS

(14,559 posts)
6. And little to do with hunting.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:27 PM
Apr 2023

A white tailed deer or a feral pig is inedible after the damage is done. The edible parts all get contaminated with the offal.

thatdemguy

(453 posts)
17. Not really, 223 is a round meant for small game, like foxes and ground hogs.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:54 PM
Apr 2023

Larger calibers will do much more damage, here is a pretty good video showing 223 vs 30-30 vs 308 vs 3006 vs 7 mm remington.

The 7mm totally blew apart a piece of meat, and he did a water jug shot as well.

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erronis

(15,328 posts)
4. Seems to me based on the opening comments that he's glorfying the AR-15
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:20 PM
Apr 2023

Hey guys - I know you all would like to see more videos with more types of ammo.

Let me know and I'll make some more videos.

He is actually normalizing this type of horror.

erronis

(15,328 posts)
9. I understand, thanks. It is still normalizing this horrible stuff.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:34 PM
Apr 2023

As someone else posted, let's show a few child's bodies after being ripped apart.

In this country we like to make things seem like they are in shrink wrap, perhaps being prepared for a nice BBQ on the deck.

LakeVermilion

(1,044 posts)
8. That's what the "right wing" did to gain anti abortion support.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:34 PM
Apr 2023

They started to use ultrasounds to sway the public.

Turnaround is fair play.

erronis

(15,328 posts)
12. I understand what you are saying, but ultrasounds are not crime scenes.
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:40 PM
Apr 2023

They are not murders of innocent children and young adults at schools.

Ultrasounds are used to look at a developing fetus and determining if that fetus is going to be viable in life. This way different than some nut deciding to murder adults, children, and women that will die if forced to give birth.

Yes - we should make them look at their own atrocities. But will they? Do they care? How can we make them pay for their own failures?

doc03

(35,363 posts)
10. There are other common hunting rounds that are more
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:37 PM
Apr 2023

destructive than the AR-15. I think the main problem with the AR-15
is the amount of rounds it can fire in short a short time rather than the ammo.

AndyS

(14,559 posts)
11. As a guy that's hunted since he was 16 and used everything from a 30-06 all the way
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:39 PM
Apr 2023

down to a .22 short, I'd like to know about those more destructive rounds.

Please inform me.

doc03

(35,363 posts)
19. The AR15 is designed to kill people. If you shot an
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 07:17 PM
Apr 2023

elephant with an AR15 you would just piss him off. I sure wouldn't want to face an elephant, rhino, grizzly
or lion with an AR15 they are not designed for that. Look them up on ballistics chart. I was just reading about a
pistol round the 30 Super Carry the ballistics are very close to the 9mm. But the reason they came up with that round
they are a 31 caliber instead of 38 caliber so the smaller diameter shell allows you to have two additional rounds with
about the same knock down power as a 9mm.

Fla Dem

(23,739 posts)
13. In his closing rmarks, "I hope you enjoyed this".
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 06:40 PM
Apr 2023

This vicious demo was not done in support of eliminating these mass killing, body destroying guns and ammo. It was not filmed to demonstrate the horrors of the damage these guns and ammo cause to a flesh and blood body.

No, he did this to glorify the guns and ammo. He giggled every time those bullets tore through the bodies of those dead animals.

This will only encourage those that get their kicks from mayhem and destruction to stock up on the guns and ammo that are killing our children and loved ones.

debsy

(530 posts)
22. Imagine what happens when the recipient of the bullet is hit
Mon Apr 10, 2023, 07:47 PM
Apr 2023

My husband made the point that the poor pig who gave up his life to be used in an AR15 demo was swinging from a branch. Imagine what happens when whoever is being shot has their feet planted on the ground - not that anyone could survive either scenario. These weapons of war have no place in civilian life. I doubt we will ever figure out a way to eradicate the obscene gun culture in this country.

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