[BREAKING] School Shooting in Conn. at Elementary School

.223 is also known as a .556, or number 16. I haven't looked up handgun caliber used, but I'd imagine they were 9mm or maybe .40 (#21) or .45 (#34).

 

I agree 100% about the handguns, it it is the reason most of the victims were killed with the handguns. Also, AR-15 aka .223 rifles can be very finicky and jam, especially when in use by a novice. Just go to an out door range and watch all of the people shooting and continually having to clear their AR-15s. This is the same problem the mall shooter had last week and why he committed suicide so soon.

As far as your other point, I think most people grieve differently... and how they find sense for the tragedy is different.

EDIT - I should point out that I'm not trying to change anyone's mind. I'm just trying to educate, I am completely okay with people being anti-gun, as it is there right to do so.

 

Hey, Google Gun Expert, while your looking up weapon caliber you might wanna look up load capacity as it has JUST AS MUCH to do as the caliber.

If I use a 2.2 pistol (weak) and put a big ass load of gun powder behind it (not weak) I have just made a .22 pistol round that will penitrate body armour.

 

From close quarters load capacity can actually hurt the effectiveness of the round, as it will go clean through the target causing minimal damage. A .223 round will "tumble" through a body causing a large exit wound only IF it slows down enough, from close range that generally isn't the case.

From close up, impact area generally means more damage, thus the reason shotguns are effective.

 

Also, the 5.56 is the NATO round of choice for a reason... because it causes minimal damage, especially when compared to the 7.62 (what an AK-47 uses). This, along with cost, ammo size and capacity are reasons why 9mm are also now the NATO sidearm round of choice.

 

Ind. man with 47 guns arrested after threatening to shoot up nearby elementary school, police say: http://apne.ws/ZaH7gb

 

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG LIAR LIAR PANTS ON FIRE!
Service members DO NOT buy their own weapons. Every firearm a service member uses goes through the armory and is property of the federal government. 4 years as a Marine grunt bro. Yes there are looser restrictions on equipment besides firearms. We were allowed to buy our own gloves, eye protection etc.... but that's it.

 

There will be more of this before the week is done. 12/21 hysteria and media fixation.

 

The special forces disagrees.

 

there were 50 rounds fired in a mall parking lot in Orange County according to the news I am watching...

 

.45 caliber pistol pistol and a 5.56 caliber assault rifle are equally deadly to a 5 year old kid. You are just arguing stupid semantics for arguments sake. However a rifle round travels farther can can be shot from a much longer range. Also having the ability to shoot off 30 rounds without reloading is much more devastating than shooting of 9 .45 rounds.

 

O no not the special forces. When you say "service members" are allowed to buy their own firearms I'm automatically to assume Navy SEALs which I still doubt is true?

 

Points that are moot in a close quarters attack. Also, hand guns can have extended magazines as well. I posted a picture of a Glock with a drum magazine earlier. The majority of the victims were sadly killed with a handgun.

 

Yes, that was yesterday.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mall-shooting-20121216,0,3525149.story

 

Bro you have no freaking clue what you are talking about. Trijicon scopes are provided for you. Every swinging Marine rifleman in Afghanistan has a damn Trijicon scope on their rifle. The federal government is more than capable of supplying service members with the attachments to their rifle such as acogs, peq-15s etc.

 

thats why you ban high capacity mags.

 

Yeah, like they were able to effectively supply body armor and armored Humvees the first few years in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

They can easily be purchased online from overseas.

EDIT - I'm off to watch football

 

Seriously, I think I might have a little more insight on this than you. The DOD deems it necessary if you need a trijicon scope or a peq-15 etc on your rifle or not. If you do they will provide it. Like I said every Marine Infantryman in Afghanistan has them. You do not go out to dicks sporting goods and buy your own **** and put it on your damn service rifle.

 

This guy is incapable of admitting when he's wrong. As someone else said he'll just change the topic. You showed him that they do provide scopes and he goes "well they don't provide body armor!" instead of "oh, I was wrong, my bad".