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Originally Posted by Lindsyburnsy
Stop easy access to guns and start up the ban again on AR type weapons that blast people to smithereens in seconds. This doesn't happen in other countries and it shouldn't happen in the U.S.
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Great post. The UK and now Canada banned assault-style rifles and ALL handguns. The UK's gun crime dropped to near ZERO. And their children in schools and adults in church or ANY GATHERING do NOT have to feel FEAR like in the US.
.........And I enjoyed seeing the word "smithereens" used. Cute word and was more popular many years ago.
..........However, ballistically speaking, a high-velocity cartridge like the 223 does NOT blow up when it hits a target. High velocity will produce a VERY expanded wound channel in soft tissue. It could be (?) thought of as an explosion, but that is technically incorrect. However, several children at the Robb Elementary shooting had expanded exit wounds so SEVERE that their faces were unrecognizable to their parents.
...........Canada and the UK have done the right thing by concentrating on the GUN as the main factor to prevent MASS shootings - which in the US are happening at a rate of 1 or 2 every week. Prayers and thoughts are a distractor to a solution for the problem. Mental health is a distractor from the solution. The UK brought its GUN crime to almost zero, without changing its mental health outreach program. The US is the outlier with respect to GUN crime among 1st world nations.