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Some of you may know I have an ongoing "pen pal" relationship with my elected officials. I need some input from you regarding a recent email I received. Notwithstanding the claptrap espoused in the linked article I am interested in factual information. I am surprised the author did not include the "tumbling bullet" theory. Most of the disparity in my view is due to the energy and velocity comparison he attempts to make. Feel free to send PM if you do not want to create a "public" record.
~Whitney
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Sir – I'd be interested in your thoughts on this one. I get that this guy is a radiologist and not necessarily a firearms expert but the on-the-ground view of "I treat plenty of people with handgun wounds and they survive and here's why" vs. "There's no way these kids were surviving with AR-15 wounds and here's why" is instructive, at least to me.
What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns
I don't know what's going to happen with the current version of this bill; I will tell you I don't have any problem aligning handgun/long gun purchase age at 21, but I'm interested in the broader question – what is it that is *different* about this class of firearms (and yes, I know the NRA says there is no identifiable class of firearms called assault weapons, but there clearly is an AR-15, for example) that might lead us to treat them differently.
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~Whitney
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Sir – I'd be interested in your thoughts on this one. I get that this guy is a radiologist and not necessarily a firearms expert but the on-the-ground view of "I treat plenty of people with handgun wounds and they survive and here's why" vs. "There's no way these kids were surviving with AR-15 wounds and here's why" is instructive, at least to me.
What I Saw Treating the Victims From Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns
I don't know what's going to happen with the current version of this bill; I will tell you I don't have any problem aligning handgun/long gun purchase age at 21, but I'm interested in the broader question – what is it that is *different* about this class of firearms (and yes, I know the NRA says there is no identifiable class of firearms called assault weapons, but there clearly is an AR-15, for example) that might lead us to treat them differently.
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