Maybe, maybe not. Consider the strange tale of Tsutomu “Lucky” Yamaguchi: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsutomu_Yamaguchi.Syntyr wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 10:35 pmThis just in folks... people subjected to a nuclear explosion are 1 billion trillion time more likely to die than being shot!Odinvalknir wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:16 pm They controlled for a number of other factors, such as circumstances of shootings and the number of times victims were shot. They then found that all else being equal, a person shot with a medium-caliber weapon, such as a common 9mm handgun, were roughly 2.3 times as likely to die of their wounds than someone shot with a small-caliber gun. Large-caliber gunshots were even deadlier, resulting in odds of death 4.5 times that of small-caliber gunshots.
A large pistol or rifle round is MORE deadly than a .22, or .32.... you dont say?!
Morons!
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And yet, these same type of geniuses, pushed for legislation, back in the 70's and 80's to ban "Saturday night specials" which were cheaply made guns, usually chambered in 22 and 32 caliber! If they could have only known then what they know now.......Odinvalknir wrote: ↑Sun Jul 29, 2018 1:16 pm They controlled for a number of other factors, such as circumstances of shootings and the number of times victims were shot. They then found that all else being equal, a person shot with a medium-caliber weapon, such as a common 9mm handgun, were roughly 2.3 times as likely to die of their wounds than someone shot with a small-caliber gun. Large-caliber gunshots were even deadlier, resulting in odds of death 4.5 times that of small-caliber gunshots.
A large pistol or rifle round is MORE deadly than a .22, or .32.... you dont say?!
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Bless their hearts my 12 gauge and 30\30 are way more deadly!
I 'm just an Ole Sinner saved by Grace and Smith & Wesson.
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Seems like a well done study, though the conclusions have no rational relationship to the data. I'll file that away with Ellifritz's numbers for caliber selection.
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Eliminate the gangs by aggressively going after and prosecuting everyone involved and you reduce crime by 80% including homicides.
Leave the rest of us and our guns alone.
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