Reply #36: I did not mean to stir up painful memories for you...

[benEzra]

I grew up in Austin and I was there on August 1, 1966...Your tastelesness in bringing it up echoes the most stomach-turning responses down in the Gun Dungeon regarding the DC Snipers---drooling, ugly speculation about how many more people the DC shooters could have killed, if they'd just used a Really Cool Gun, instead of a wussy .223. And you have the unfathomable, snot-nosed, goddamned nerve to ask me if I would have preferred the snipers having more powerful arms? I'd tell you that you ought to be ashamed, but I don't think you have the capacity for it.

You were the one who brought up rifle shooting sprees, after I responded to the poster who thought that AR's and such are ultra-high-powered rifles, and I pointed out they're not. Marshal all the reasons you want for banning .223 caliber rifles, but power or suitability for sniping aren't among them, as they are simply not in the same league as hunting rifles.

I did not mean to stir up painful memories for you, and I will avoid the Whitman incident in the future in discussions with you, out of respect for your closeness to that incident. It was before my time (I was born in 1970), but I'm sure its repercussions do extend to the present for those who were there.

Oh, and one more thing, Mr. Firearms Expert: The 6mm Remington is NOT the same as the .243 Winchester, as you indicate in your post. They're two separate cartridges, although they shoot bullets of the same diameter and weight; of the two, the 6mm is larger, faster, and better designed. If you knew anything about Grownup Guns, you wouldn't make mistakes like this. You're welcome.....

I didn't say .243 Winchester, I said 6mm (.243) Remington. Two different cartridges. The bore diameter of the 6mm Remington is .243, as I stated. The Remington case is indeed larger, as you state, and the Remington can handle somewhat heavier bullets as a result. But both calibers are 6mm/.243.