Jesus Christ <-link to disgusting trashy WaPo article. NSFW(?)
I'm trying to figure out exactly what is right and what is wrong in this clown show.
Respect the children. Respect the parents and families who are still suffering. Destroy people who question the narrative, so long as they're your political or ideological enemy. Hide evidence when it makes your narrative look bad.
It's okay when we do it. This is insanity.
most of the gun violence is not committed by lawful gun owners.. that said, the article is specifically on the AR15, which is a semi automatic version of the M16 (fully automatic) rifle developed in the 70's.
what is so deadly about that weapon? the cartridge..
the .223 (5.56 nato) cartridge size is only slightly bigger than the small .22 round useful for small game.. the difference is it is packed with a very high charge pushing the muzzle velocity somewhere up to 2800 fps (it varies) making the bullet sort of disintegrate upon impact. So how this works, is it retains the accuracy of any other rifle going down range, then as soon as it hits it's target (no body armor) the bullet usually fragments into several smaller parts. This creates very ugly internal wound channels, I would say almost like a mini shotgun style of wound on the inside, so people suffer massive internal bleeding and usually don't survive.
In the literature I read, the round was initially designed to wound more than kill, but in the Vietnam war it was noted how well the cartridge ended up killing the enemy.
It's a very nasty round..
The old rounds used from WW2 were more powerful, but if you were hit by one, there were good odds it went in and out with only a small hole, and you could survive that easier than the round I describe above.
As to why people and society are violent and hypocritical, I would just say, this is the human race and it explains the need for some type of religion, whether you believe in one or not to try and control things at a societal level.
The most dangerous creature to a human is another human.