The .223 A Very Deadly Bullet

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40. Interesting Comments

What ever the case assault weapons of any variety or any gun for that matter is devastating. The military picked the M-16 for a good reason. Once the early jamming problems were fixed the M-16 seemed to stop the enemy well enough. From what I remember in training we were told that the M-16 had the stopping power of a larger weapon. Perhaps that was just bull to make you feel better. We were thoroughly trained in the capabilities of the M-16. Some of it may have ben over emphasized at the time.

In this case one poster was right in that larger magazines were the most damaging. Doesn't really matter because people are still gone and still wounded badly in some cases.

And there are two more worrying aspects to this case. What if this guy somehow got a fully automatic weapon? The other question is what if his diversion at his apartment had worked? If the police had gone out to investigate the loud music and his bomb would have blown, would that have diverted enough police to let him go on as long as he probably planned?

The carnage was bad enough. It looks like it really could have been really bad.

These shooting have become far to common. And we must decide as a nation if their is anything that can be done to minimize them. Somehow arming everyone seems like a very poor choice.