On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Black Ops Security wrote: > > Drsolly drsollyp at drsolly.com > > Tue Aug 28 19:36:50 CDT 2007 > > > > You need more powerful guns, not just more guns. When everyone in the > > USA is walking around carrying their own AK-47, then (after the > > initial surge in murders), the depopulated USA will have a much lower > > murder rate. > > Ironically, the AK-47 is not a very powerful gun, and is nowhere near as
Yes, but you can put a lot of bullets into a lot of people very quickly, and that's what will bring your murder rate way down, after a bit of a surge upwards, of course. > powerful as the typical "big game hunting rifle". And in the US, MUCH > more powerful weapons can be purchased. For example, anybody who is 18 > yo in the US (and not a convicted felon) can buy a .50BMG "sniper rifle" > that is capable of accurate kills out to distances of 7+ kilometers. > Hell, for the .50BMG, _anybody_ in the US can buy AP (Armor Piercing), > API (Armor Piercing Incendiary), and SLAP (Saboted Light Armor > Penetrator) ammo. We can get it at the local gun shop, and can even buy > it online. Some of that .50BMG ammo can easily penetrate armored > trucks, shoot down airplanes, etc. Oddly, the number of crimes > perpetrated with .50BMG rifles, in the entire history of the US, is less > than the number of people beaten to death with fists and sticks in the > UK in one month. > > But yet, gun control advocates in the US now want to ban the .50BMG. > More children die every day in the US in swimming pool accidents than > the number of people who have EVER been killed in the US by .50BMG > rifles, and yet nobody here is interested in even suggesting that > swimming pool owners be more responsible. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
