Re:Colt is ending production of AR-15s
by tptacek on Thursday September 19, 2019 @07:29PM
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This "5.56 is designed to injure not to kill" thing is another gun policy canard. What's true is that the Army concluded that the ability to carry more rounds was more important than the ability to hit at a long distance, and that in a military tactical situation, any non-trivial rifle injury is sufficient to neutralize. It is absolutely not in reality the case that an AR-15 is a less lethal weapon than a handgun.
And, of course, injuries from rifle rounds are not the same as injuries from handguns, as this trauma doctor ably explains:
Unfortunately, that's not the only narrative you can get on rifle injuries from civilian trauma doctors; there's also the famous (and amazing, excellent) narrative from the doctor that coordinated an ER receiving mass numbers of patients in Las Vegas after the Mandalay shooting.
And, of course, injuries from rifle rounds are not the same as injuries from handguns, as this trauma doctor ably explains:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/what-i-...
Unfortunately, that's not the only narrative you can get on rifle injuries from civilian trauma doctors; there's also the famous (and amazing, excellent) narrative from the doctor that coordinated an ER receiving mass numbers of patients in Las Vegas after the Mandalay shooting.