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Thinkingabout

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31. In the hands of those incapable of possessing or having the weapons available this is what happens.

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Tue Mar 26, 2013, 09:42 PM

Mar 2013

Do you have a solution to stop the gun violence?

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Doctor shows heartless GOP Senate video of what assault rifles do when bullet explodes inside you [View all] FourScore Mar 2013 OP

Look out Kingofalldems Mar 2013 #1

There is no difference. guardian Mar 2013 #2

I attempted several times to explain to very pro anti abortionist to leave these weapons Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #3

non sequitur guardian Mar 2013 #6

Talk about your non sequitur! TroglodyteScholar Mar 2013 #14

Any rifle chambered for .223 can do that. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #4

Then we bought a flawed weapon One_Life_To_Give Mar 2013 #5

That's true for adults Recursion Mar 2013 #7

So you are in favor guardian Mar 2013 #8

There is no preferred caliber for shooting children. Nuclear Unicorn Mar 2013 #11

Of course guardian Mar 2013 #12

Yet the point was factually correct. X_Digger Mar 2013 #15

That isn't the reason that we switched to the 5.56 from the 7.62. GreenStormCloud Mar 2013 #10

The doctor actually missed one important point. The bullet he used would have been illegal in a war Xithras Mar 2013 #9

I'll have to look for it when I get home... Clames Mar 2013 #17

So you're saying that these bullets are illegal in warfare but legal in our backyards. progressoid Mar 2013 #19

Any hunting cartridge or police handgun cartridge is illegal in warfare hack89 Mar 2013 #20

Yep. Xithras Mar 2013 #26

What a mish-mash of mis-statements and half-truths. X_Digger Mar 2013 #13

"I'm not a ballistics expert" - he definitely proved that. hack89 Mar 2013 #16

The dr may not be a ballistic expert but as a dr in an emergency room does have experience Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #21

Any bullet would not be a pretty scene compared to a .22 hack89 Mar 2013 #22

Point made, dr is perhaps more experienced in gun shot wounds and this was his testimony. Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #23

I think Feinstein was merely using him to score cheap political points. hack89 Mar 2013 #24

He was an eye witness of those who came into his emergency room, who else would you suggest Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #25

An actual expert on guns and bullets hack89 Mar 2013 #28

The dr was testifing to what condition the victims were in when they arrive in an emergency room. Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #29

The point of the hearings was to get those guns banned hack89 Mar 2013 #30

In the hands of those incapable of possessing or having the weapons available this is what happens. Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #31

Universal background checks, limits on mag sizes, crack down on illegal gun sales, hack89 Mar 2013 #32

Maybe in the case of Sandy Hook with 20 children and 6 staff members dead with from Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #34

Have you forgotten Va Tech? hack89 Mar 2013 #36

No I havent, neither have I forgotten many others, my point was to show how many rounds was Thinkingabout Mar 2013 #37

I support a ban on high capacity magazines. hack89 Mar 2013 #38

AR-15s are lethal rifles that have no place in civilian hands jmowreader Mar 2013 #33

What about AR-15s in different calibers? hack89 Mar 2013 #35

OMG sikofit3 Mar 2013 #18

Doctor, is it your testimony that being shot does damage to the body? kudzu22 Mar 2013 #27

Most people don't know the extent of the damage done after a round impacts a human body.... OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #39

Ok, but most people know that guns are for killing, right? kudzu22 Mar 2013 #40

Oh, I think you know full well that it makes a great deal of difference. CTyankee Mar 2013 #41

Thanks for your concern. Duly noted and appropriately filed. nt. OldDem2012 Mar 2013 #42

The family of teacher Victoria Soto are right behind the Doctor. NutmegYankee Mar 2013 #43