2damnold4this
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The point of the study is to prove that intent doesn't matter and the gun used is what is important.
The outcome of the shooting (life or death) is viewed as a reliable guide to the intent—the determination to kill—of the shooter.
To be blunt, if I meant to kill you, I would shoot you, and shoot you more than once, and keep shooting you until I was certain you were dead.
"Everyone knows" that .223 Remington (a.k.a. 5.56x45mm) is too wimpy to use for hunting whitetail deer (according to several state governments), yet it's lethal enough for our soldiers to carry into combat. Go figure.
44AMP said:As the old saying goes, it doesn't have to make sense, its the law!
Bah.
"Everyone knows" that .223 Remington (a.k.a. 5.56x45mm) is too wimpy to use for hunting whitetail deer (according to several state governments), yet it's lethal enough for our soldiers to carry into combat. Go figure.
Brit said:The various shooting sports, that more or less simulate targets that somewhat copy the human shape, IDPA/IPSC to name two of these. Mostly call for two hits per target. And the area of the target that gets the best score 5 points, is the centre of mass, so two hits in that area, score 10 points, a perfect score.
And the calibre (size) of the projectile is not differentiated at all!
So in the lethality of these sports targets, really are saying, by definition, were you hit (accuracy) is more important, than what you hit it with, again calibre?
No one I have spoken to, who decry Pip Squeak calibres, like .380 in Pistol, or 5.56X45 in rifle, will not volunteer to be shot by them.
Which is an absolutely ludicrous argument or justification to substantiate anything about calibers.
No one I have spoken to, who decry Pip Squeak calibres, like .380 in Pistol, or 5.56X45 in rifle, will not volunteer to be shot by them.
I have even met Isralies who carry .22 LR, on Duty? They seemed OK with that.
The point is that "caliber" is a way of expressing the diameter of the bullet (or barrel) -- nothing more.
Well even being called stupid (absolutely ludicrous argument) does not bother me too much, in my defence, not that I really need to, but I was just repeating many posts that use those terms.