The Rude Pundit - What to Do: A Post on Gun Laws That Will Piss Off Guntards

[Lizzie Poppet]

16. "They don't give a shit about bystanders."

That (completely bullshit) blanket statement is utterly unsupportable unless he can either read minds or perform remote, encompassing psychoanalysis on tens of millions of people. But I expect no better from that poster, frankly...he doesn't debate or discuss, he rants.

As for hollowpoint ammunition, my deleted bit most certainly recognized that the very legitimate matter of stopping power is a factor in selection of rounds. However, so is overpenetration and the risk to bystanders. That's why cops use it (along with stopping power, of course). That's why Air Marshals use fully frangible rounds, too: even hollow points are a big risk in a pressurized aircraft cabin. It's why most experts discourage use of rifles for home defense, even with hollowpoints. Military ammunition doesn't have this worry in almost any scenario of warfare (you want to harm the people around your target almost all of the time...they're enemy soldiers, too).