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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone who says the AR-15 isn't more dangerous is lying to you.  The high muzzle velocity means that a small round causes lots of damage including cavitation damage, which makes less accurate shots more likely to sever an artery or turn a vital organ to mush.  Also the 223 tends to tumble a lot inside.

A hunting rifle packs a bigger hit, but the recoil is so strong that you can't stay on the same target and put round after round into them.  The AR-15 has low kick because the recoil is absorbed and turned into the energy to eject the casing and chamber the next round.  This allows you to stay on the target and put multiple rounds into it.  And the ability to fire lots of round means that an ordinary person can kill a lot of people.

And obviously the large capacity magazine gives you more shots between changing magazines.

So in short, a non-expert with an AR-15 can kill more people because the round causes lots of damage, but the recoil is light enough and the capacity high enough that you can get off a lot of shots.  [/quote]

I don't think I would go as far as saying that the AR platform is more dangerous than other rifles designed to kill people because there are so many variables to consider. Arguing that one weapon system is more dangerous than another just doesn't make much sense. If you want to address the weapon that causes 90% of gun homicides, focus on handguns. If you are concerned about mass murders, the most effective weapon is semi auto, high magazine capacity, and preferably is a decent size caliber/velocity. [/quote]

The US Army set out the following specs when it commissioned what became the AR-15 and the .223 round:

"a 6 pound, select-fire .22" rifle with a conventional stock and a 20 round magazine. The proposed chambering has to penetrate the issue steel helmet, body armor, and a .135" steel plate at 500 yards, while maintaining the trajectory and accuracy of M2 ball from a M1 Garand, and equaling or exceeding the "wounding" ability of the .30 Carbine."

I think those are pretty good specs for a gun made to kill lots of people.  The posters who are saying the .223 round is not deadly are lying.  This was a round designed for killing people.[/quote]

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