Gun ownership poll

[G1911]

5.56 is a lethal round, like any bullet. It is also one of the LEAST powerful rifle rounds. Go to your gun store and try to find a centerfire rifle caliber on the shelf that has less 'power'.

It's around 1,700-1,800 joules for standard ammunition. 7.62x51 is about 3,500. .30-06 is just shy of 4,000, for comparison to the major US rifle cartridges.

5.56 fired from an AR-15 is, of course, no less or more lethal than a 5.56 from any other arm with the same barrel length.

There is a reason 5.56 is not used for hunting anything more than a deer, and even then a heavier and different loading is used.

If someone wants to propose banning all rifle rounds or some strict regulation that is not a ban on them, then propose it. Pretending the AR-15 (a platform, not a cartridge) should be regulated differently or banned because it's standard chambering is extra powerful is just, time 5,002 here, absolutely factually wrong.