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In reply to the discussion: Gunsplaining to conservatives [View all]1cheapbeemr
(82 posts)11. Querulous much?
The M1 carbine round, as you know, was not the full size rifle round, more akin to the shorts developed by the Germans and Russians for their assault rifles, and for the same reason, to make a weapon that was easier to fire, and easier to fire rapidly.
Take Adam Lanza, skinny, bed room abiding, muscle tone of a ghost - reportedly put @ 10 bullets into each of his tiny victims, shooting them to pieces. Couldn't have done it with any .308, would've taken his arm off.
When the U.S. created a weapon capable of full auto for the 30.06 round, to be hand carried, the result was the BAR, weighing in at over 21 lbs.
It's only with the development of rounds for assault rifles, that any kid can have a weapon capable of such mass murder.
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