• borari@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 months ago

        We’re more familiar with 5.56x45mm thanks to all our school shootings thank you very much.

        • BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org
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          2 months ago

          I would make a bet that more mass shootings are done with 9mm. Depending on which shootings they consider ‘mass’ I see estimates from 60-80% for handgun usage. I’m sure the cheap .22 is a large number, but 9mm is probably right up there. There is a large bias in reporting the school shootings and shootings involving rifles by the media. They almost ignore the others.

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      2 months ago

      In point of fact Americans have gotten impressive results out of far more complicated metrics than metric. It’s not a matter of understanding, it’s a matter of pride. And of not having to buy all new tools.