Ken! There you are. Every time you go off the comments for a while I worry that something has happened to you.
Ken! There you are. Every time you go off the comments for a while I worry that something has happened to you.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again." Gen. Nathanael Greene
Selling house and getting ready to move to be near the kids to help us old folks cope. Whoever came up with that 'Golden Years' foolishness was a blithering idiot.
Agree with your comments on system and Stanley. Sad. Bad...
Guns and mag capacity aren't the problem, lack of familiarity with firearms among kids and an appreciation for the damage they can do and the state of mental health support are far greater issues. Can't stop nut jobs by limiting the tools, they'll just use another if the one they'd prefer isn't readily available.
Media repetitive over hyping doesn't help. Nor do gratuitous specious comments by public figures.
"We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again." Gen. Nathanael Greene
All modern bullets have a tendency to "tumble" (yaw) when impacting something that will deflect them. The .303 British (which is very similar to the 30-06) had more yaw tendency because its lead base was relatively heavier than most comparable bullets. E.g., the difference in handling of a rear engine - rear drive vehicle vice a front engine - front drive vehicle. Basic Wiki stuff: Ballistic trauma and Yaw (rotation).
Regards
Mike
I think the silly myths regarding evil military projectiles may have started with the dum-dum nonsense. And the myths just won’t die.
The evilness of the 5.56 can perhaps be seen as America’s own equivalent to the dum dum myth.
Here is another excellent write-up about dum-dum bullets, with some other interesting links on that page, some of which may help to highlight the (historical) contrast regarding gun culture in the UK versus US.
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All great truth passes through three stages: first it is ridiculed, second it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
(Arthur Schopenhauer)
ONWARD
A short FP article by Dr. Jeffrey Simon, I assume prompted by the Boston bombing and this passage caught my attention - citing their creativity:Link:http://www.foreignpolicy.com/article..._one?page=full and the author's website:http://www.futureterrorism.com/What makes lone wolves so dangerous is their ability to think outside the box. Since they operate by themselves, there is no group pressure or decision-making process that might stifle creativity. Lone wolves are free to act upon any scenario they can dream up. This freedom has resulted in some of the most imaginative terrorist attacks in history. For example, lone wolves were responsible for the first vehicle bombing (1920), major midair plane bombing (1955), hijacking (1961), and product tampering (1982), as well as the anthrax letter attacks in the United States (2001).
davidbfpo
Arg! I'm a member of Foreign Affairs but not Foreign Policy!
Looks like an interesting article. But content behind a paygate makes me sad
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