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In reply to the discussion: "This Is What a Gun Control March on Washington Looks Like" [View all]AtheistCrusader
(33,982 posts)Nobody has said for certain, regards to the case, but it appears that Loughner in Arizona may have been thwarted by his own choice of that 33 round mag. They are notoriously unreliable, and may have prevented him from reloading. There is only one military in the world that uses that device, and only for one specific purpose.
The armor piercing thing is nonsense. Armor piercing pistol ammo is still banned even with the sunset of the 1994 comprehensive assault weapons bill. That provision did not sunset.
For rifles, all rounds are armor-piercing. A soft-point 180 grain deer hunting round for my .30-06 will go right through both sides of a IIIa vest. Like butter. If you're not wearing a ceramic of steel plate in that armor, it doesn't stop rifle rounds, period. Whether it's milsurp steel core, or not.