Comments on: The Army’s More Deadly Bullet: Stateside Only http://revolutionradio.org/?p=29319 Your Weapon of Mass Destruction Fri, 24 May 2013 17:35:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: BobtheGrape http://revolutionradio.org/?p=29319&cpage=1#comment-81738 BobtheGrape Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:58:13 +0000 http://revolutionradio.org/?p=29319#comment-81738 How nice. How nice.

]]> By: Nick http://revolutionradio.org/?p=29319&cpage=1#comment-81688 Nick Mon, 23 Apr 2012 12:16:22 +0000 http://revolutionradio.org/?p=29319#comment-81688 Why do I keep seeing these articles about the evils of 'deadly hollow point ammunition' in the hands of the government? A handgun is designed to stop a human being. The military generally has to use FMJ or 'ball' ammunition due to the Geneva accords, but that kind of ammo can go through several human beings or interior walls. It makes no sense for law enforcement to use that kind of ammunition in a handgun - it doesn't make much sense for the military either. A hollow point bullet will stop an unarmored target without exiting that target's body, that's the point and it is not sinister. If you want to talk about disturbing ammunition, you need to get away from handguns altogether and go all the way up to .50 caliber anti-materiel rifles that are routinely used against human targets in spite of Geneva. Standard .50 caliber ball will completely destroy a human being, but the Mk.211 Raufoss is a High Explosive Incendiary/Armor Piercing (HEIAP) round that will completely gib a human being and rip anyone standing nearby to shreds. It has been in use for many years and the humanity of using such ammunition is far more tenuous than the notion of using common hollow point bullets. Why do I keep seeing these articles about the evils of ‘deadly hollow point ammunition’ in the hands of the government? A handgun is designed to stop a human being. The military generally has to use FMJ or ‘ball’ ammunition due to the Geneva accords, but that kind of ammo can go through several human beings or interior walls. It makes no sense for law enforcement to use that kind of ammunition in a handgun – it doesn’t make much sense for the military either. A hollow point bullet will stop an unarmored target without exiting that target’s body, that’s the point and it is not sinister.

If you want to talk about disturbing ammunition, you need to get away from handguns altogether and go all the way up to .50 caliber anti-materiel rifles that are routinely used against human targets in spite of Geneva. Standard .50 caliber ball will completely destroy a human being, but the Mk.211 Raufoss is a High Explosive Incendiary/Armor Piercing (HEIAP) round that will completely gib a human being and rip anyone standing nearby to shreds. It has been in use for many years and the humanity of using such ammunition is far more tenuous than the notion of using common hollow point bullets.

]]> By: Steve http://revolutionradio.org/?p=29319&cpage=1#comment-81630 Steve Mon, 23 Apr 2012 11:33:27 +0000 http://revolutionradio.org/?p=29319#comment-81630 You make it sound like they have a choice. Hollow points cannot be used in war per the Geneva Convention, only ball ammo. If international law allowed the use of JHP's in war, the military would be using them, too. You make it sound like they have a choice. Hollow points cannot be used in war per the Geneva Convention, only ball ammo. If international law allowed the use of JHP’s in war, the military would be using them, too.

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