On Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:11:03 -0600, Michel Boucher
> wrote:

>Jim Elbrecht > wrote in
>news >
>> And then he goes on to show his own ignorant irrationality.
>>
>> "shooter used a Bushmaster .223 assault rifle, a commercial
>> model of the military M-16" [it isn't an assault rifle by any
>> standard I know-- the magazine is too small and there is no
>> full automatic option.]

Aw, come on, if it looks like military rifle designed since WWII it must
be an assault weapon.

>>
>> Then he says;
>> "The weapon is designed for war, firing ultra-destructive
>> bullets that travel at 3,000 feet per second. It is designed
>> to destroy human life as efficiently as possible, causing
>> maximum internal damage."
>
>You are getting hung up on details. They don't really matter.

Ture, but it is wrong anyway. The .223 round was chosen because more
rounds could be carried by a soldier in the field and it was more likely
to cause dehabilitating, but survivalable injury than the .308 NATO or
..30-06.