Robert Klute > wrote:
> 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.

First thing I saw in the army, the m16 exploded a watermelon vs large bore
slow shot, just made hole.

Survive that.

Greg