No I didn’t “forget that”.
One of the complaints about the .223 (5.56 nato) was that soldiers were getting pass throughs on smaller, thin individuals. I would think children would qualify. I have used premium bullets on Coyotes, hogs and deer. Never had one “blown apart” yet.
My problem with your statement is that you are making the .223 into something it isn’t. I don’t know if that is on purpose, ignorance, or you are just parroting what the News is telling you.
We are this close to getting the AR-15 platform banned. I have actually heard and read at least one politician say “nobody needs a rifle that can kill an elephant” referring to the AR-15 and the .223. Sure, a .223 can kill an elephant. Really. Hell, I can hit one in the head with a hammer in the right place and he’s dead.
So before you repeat the hyperbole please at least look objectivly at the facts. Both sides “facts” if you must. Is it a fact that the .223 can kill an elephant? Yes. Is it a fact that bodies are “blown apart” by the .223? Sure. Depending on what “blown apart” means to you I guess. See how easy that is. And so now those who don’t know will tell you I just said a .223 is an elephant gun and “blows apart” anyone who is shot with one. And why in the Hell would we need a gun that can do that?
I understand your concern. And you can attribute any of my misstatements to ignorance.
But to deny that 26 people were killed that day in the school with a Bushmaster just because to do so might prevent a weapons ban is not the road to travel.
Investigators are supposed to go where the facts lead and that Bushmaster is where the facts lead.
If it had been done with 4 handguns only which was the narrative early on from the Federales, then it would be handguns that they would be after — not the ARs. So don’t let them make you go all stupid.
Instead the NRA and GOA should concentrate on how the shooting could have been prevented with one handgun in the top drawer of the principal and someone in that office prepared and willing to use it.