Gunsplaining to conservatives

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38. Thanks for the thoughtful reply

When I would shoot my dad's Winchester model 70 in 30.06, it would just about take my arm off. When I shot the M16, it was like plinking with a .22.

I tried to lay out here the simple and documented military history, with all the major powers coming to the same conclusion - the original design parameters of the infantry rifle were misplaced, and something less powerful would also allow rapid fire.

The particular genius of the .223/5.56 is that this much smaller but faster bullet causes such catastrophic damage - reading the autopsy reports out of Vegas and such, with doctor's comments that it was common for a bullet to hit in the upper chest, and come out the butt, destroying everything in between.

Thom Hartmann, for instance, advocates a ban on everything semi-auto, but I don't think that's especially useful. That would ban everything from the 20th c. pretty much, and I don't think banning Ruger 10/22's, M1 Garands or the Colt 1911 is needed. The .223/5.56 is its own special nasty case though. For that, a case can be made.