• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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        7 months ago

        In the same way a US ton and a metric ton is like 10% different, a 556 bullet is actually 5.7 mm across.

      • BalooWasWahoo@links.hackliberty.org
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        7 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.