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Gun Control Reform Activism

AndyS

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1. The average pistol bullet travels at about 900 feet per second. The AR bullet travels at almost

Reply to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Wed Jul 13, 2022, 08:35 AM

Jul 2022

four times that. The pistol bullet speed is about 600 miles an hour, a little under the speed of sound while the AR is humming along at over 2000 miles an hour, close to 3 times the speed of sound. Much faster than the combat speed of the best fighter jets. The AR makes a sonic boom . . . inside the body. The shock wave created literally liquefies soft tissue.

It's designed to do that. The military has, at it's core, a very simple mission: tear things up and kill people. Anything the military orders has that as it base purpose. The AR-15 was developed to meet a Request for Quote from the Pentagon for a new infantry rifle.

It is made to kill people. Period.

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A surgeon explains why AR-15-style rifles are so deadly [View all] Judi Lynn Jul 2022 OP

The average pistol bullet travels at about 900 feet per second. The AR bullet travels at almost AndyS Jul 2022 #1

Not just the rifle, but the round ... eppur_se_muova Jul 2022 #2

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AR15 bullets are the problem jimmy the one Jun 2023 #4

Repubs did not renew the AWB when it expired in 2004 jimmy the one Jun 2023 #5