ANOTHER SCHOOL/PUBLIC SHOOTING

[HairOfTheDog]

semi-automatic not a revolver.[/i]

I'm not clear what your post means.

One thing that I learned more about after the Parkland mass shooting is the difference between wounds resulting from semi-automatic rifles and handguns (semi-automatic hand guns included).

Here's one of the pieces from a radiologist, Dr. Sher, who's seen a lot of both.

Bullets fired by an AR-15 are different; they travel at higher velocity and are far more lethal. The damage they cause is a function of the energy they impart as they pass through the body. A typical AR-15 bullet leaves the barrel traveling almost three times faster than, and imparting more than three times the energy of, a typical 9mm bullet from a handgun.

“The injury along the path of the bullet from an AR-15 is vastly different from a low-velocity handgun injury. The bullet from an AR-15 passes through the body like a cigarette boat travelling at maximum speed through a tiny canal…The high-velocity bullet causes a swath of tissue damage that extends several inches from its path. It does not have to actually hit an artery to damage it and cause catastrophic bleeding. Exit wounds can be the size of an orange.

A year ago, when a gunman opened fire at the Fort Lauderdale airport with a 9mm semiautomatic handgun, hitting 11 people in 90 seconds, I was also on call…The gunshot wounds were the same low velocity handgun injuries as those I diagnose every day; only their rapid succession set them apart. And all six of the victims who arrived at the hospital that day survived.

From the author, Dr. Glatter: In the wake of this latest horrific mass shooting, the gun debate has begun again. But my argument is not a political one. Though I have no doubt that political arguments will continue to be passionately debated in other forums, my medical training has ingrained in me scientific studies of fact. And the fact is this: there is a clear difference between the bullet of an AR-15, and the bullet of a standard 9mm handgun.

Full piece: https://www.forbes.com/sites/robertglatt...8a1ba43a16