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In reply to the discussion: Many people may not know this about the AR15. [View all]GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)By international law the military has to use fully jacket bullets that remain intact when hitting flesh and the victim can live.
Hunting ammunition is designed to do the opposite. Open up or come apart causing massive damage and if hitting the torso is almost always lethal.
And in the hunting world it is not even much of a contender for power. The rifle I hunt with(bolt action, 4 round capacity) is way more powerful and it is wimpy compared to rounds used for elk.
These rounds and even semiautomatic rifles have been around for over 100 years. But normally in a magazine that holds 4-6 rounds. And that is the difference in the past 25 years.
We have allowed weapons of war that hold 10-30 rounds in one magazine. Get rid of all them and go back to the guns Americans has access to in the 60s would solve this problem. And even more so if extended to handguns. Limit capacity to 6-10 like most had in the 60s would help immensely.
Combine that with comprehensive background so that ALL firearm transfers, even within families, requires a background check combined with registration and we are on our way to a safer nation.