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ProgressiveProfessor

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12. What are you objectives with your ammunition concerns

Reply to earthside (Reply #11)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 01:49 AM

Jan 2013

Teflon coated bullets are gone, and Teflon was never the issue, it was the steel bullets. Those are effectively gone.

Hollow points are actually safer in terms of over penetration in self defense and law enforcement situations. They are the most humane bullet for hunting. Fragmenting rounds like Glazer further reduce overpenetration and danger to people other than the target.

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Grandmother chases off armed robber with gun... [View all] Archae Jan 2013 OP

Enough of this crap already HERVEPA Jan 2013 #1

Criminals being stopped in the act? Law-abiding citizens fighting back? Skip Intro Jan 2013 #2

Enough of the gun hard on posts. morningfog Jan 2013 #13

Grandmother charged in shooting death of safeinOhio Jan 2013 #21

Hey, the Admins and Hosts can banish stories like this back to the Gungeon at any time... LAGC Jan 2013 #3

It will stop when the admins say to move the gun threads back to the Gun Control Forum ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #8

I like a good self defense story as much as the next guy, but... Glassunion Jan 2013 #4

Obvious solution (at least to some): take away her firearm. AnotherMcIntosh Jan 2013 #5

Good thing the robber didn't B Calm Jan 2013 #6

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And next on Fox News... hay rick Jan 2013 #10

Not an AR-15 with a 30 round clip? earthside Jan 2013 #11

What are you objectives with your ammunition concerns ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #12

I agree here. Archae Jan 2013 #14

For every story like this one there are about a hundred others involving Chorophyll Jan 2013 #15

There are cases where, yes, having a gun can help you protect yourself Larrymoe Curlyshemp Jan 2013 #20

Thanks goodness she wasn't having hallucinations like my FIL when I had to take his guns away Hoyt Jan 2013 #16

We should look at guns with a more responsible attitude. Archae Jan 2013 #17

um, yes you can. notleftwing Jan 2013 #18

I'm talking about LEGAL. Archae Jan 2013 #19

To exercise my legal right safeinOhio Jan 2013 #22