5 ms·

You clearly don’t know anything about firearms. An “assault” rifle bullet/round (5.56mm/0.223) is smaller and less powerful than a typical hunting rifle (7.62mm

You clearly don’t know anything about firearms. An “assault” rifle bullet/round (5.56mm/0.223) is smaller and less powerful than a typical hunting rifle (7.62mm/0.308) round. “Assault” rifles aren’t designed to blow your anyone’s leg off.

dekhn 6y ago
This sort of denying all the technology in assault weapons to maximize destruction. It's the kinetic energy, the design of the bullet, there's recoil mitigation, bullet cavitation, etc. They are weapons designed to reduce the amount of effort required to stop people, permanently. (I'm not a gun nut but I am a physics nerd, so i read up on how assault weapons differ from more conventional hunting weapons. Note that many people hunt using assault rifles now).
- benjohnson 6y ago
  In a few states, you can use an assault rifle for hunting deer. But it only makes sense at really close range with excellent shot placement - anything less that is inhumane and causes the deer to suffer. You can also verify this by checking the rifles that snipers use if they have a choice - it's never an assault rifle.
  - dekhn 6y ago
    The hunters I know who use AR15s for hunting (I think it's elk, not deer) are ex-snipers. Nothing about my message should suggest anything about the humanity of using assault rifles to hunt deer. It's entirely about being factual about the nature of assault weapons, which some gun nuts seem to intentionally deny.
- DennisP 6y ago
  > the kinetic energy Please explain how a cartridge with less powder ends up generating more kinetic energy. Alternatively, explain how it's worse to have less kinetic energy. You can reference this visual comparison of rifle cartridges to see what I mean: https://1source.basspro.com/news-tips/hunting-information/7482/use-rifle-caliber-chart-pick-right-ammo-hunting https://1source.basspro.com/news-tips/hunting-information/74... Assault rifles were designed to allow soldiers to carry more bullets. It started with the Germans in WWII, who found that with mechanized warfare, infantry engagements were at closer range so they didn't need big heavy cartridges anymore. Note that the .30-06 is a hunting cartridge today but it was also used in the main American battle rifle in WWII, the Springfield 1903. There's also the .308 which is commonly used in hunting and also various military battle rifles and sniper rifles. No infantry soldier would claim either is less effective than the 5.56.
  - DennisP 6y ago
    "better to have less kinetic energy" I mean :)

dekhn 6y ago

This sort of denying all the technology in assault weapons to maximize destruction. It's the kinetic energy, the design of the bullet, there's recoil mitigation, bullet cavitation, etc. They are weapons designed to reduce the amount of effort required to stop people, permanently. (I'm not a gun nut but I am a physics nerd, so i read up on how assault weapons differ from more conventional hunting weapons. Note that many people hunt using assault rifles now).

benjohnson 6y ago
In a few states, you can use an assault rifle for hunting deer. But it only makes sense at really close range with excellent shot placement - anything less that is inhumane and causes the deer to suffer. You can also verify this by checking the rifles that snipers use if they have a choice - it's never an assault rifle.
- dekhn 6y ago
  The hunters I know who use AR15s for hunting (I think it's elk, not deer) are ex-snipers. Nothing about my message should suggest anything about the humanity of using assault rifles to hunt deer. It's entirely about being factual about the nature of assault weapons, which some gun nuts seem to intentionally deny.
DennisP 6y ago
> the kinetic energy Please explain how a cartridge with less powder ends up generating more kinetic energy. Alternatively, explain how it's worse to have less kinetic energy. You can reference this visual comparison of rifle cartridges to see what I mean: https://1source.basspro.com/news-tips/hunting-information/7482/use-rifle-caliber-chart-pick-right-ammo-hunting https://1source.basspro.com/news-tips/hunting-information/74... Assault rifles were designed to allow soldiers to carry more bullets. It started with the Germans in WWII, who found that with mechanized warfare, infantry engagements were at closer range so they didn't need big heavy cartridges anymore. Note that the .30-06 is a hunting cartridge today but it was also used in the main American battle rifle in WWII, the Springfield 1903. There's also the .308 which is commonly used in hunting and also various military battle rifles and sniper rifles. No infantry soldier would claim either is less effective than the 5.56.
- DennisP 6y ago
  "better to have less kinetic energy" I mean :)