Shootout at my local coin shop. ugh

Sorry, I meant to say the 7.62 will pierce metal more than the .223. From what I remember they wanted a smaller round than the old rifle for a couple of reasons. One of which is that the smaller round will more likely not go through the person, and therefor "bounce around" a little more inside. A straight through bullet would is easier to compensate for than a bullet still inside you. Therefor, the .223 has less hole punching power intentionally than the 7.62. There was a Geneva Convention reason too, but no reason to get into that here.

 

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One of my favorite philosophers and a man I quote often.......

 

If you define immediately as being about a week.

Closely followed by that shotgun, too much chance of hitting others as well.

I agree especially with the proper training.

 

Just like crime went to zero in England when they did this, and all the Pirates on the coast of America suddenly decided to become accountants and barkeeps when they did this in Virginia/Maryland/North Carolina.

I also know that stringing people up in the old west was the only reason that bank and train robberies stopped then. :thumb:

 

Don't you mean lawyers and politicians?

Not to get him started again, but yes that did seem to quell things a bit......

 

Clarence Darrow once made the argument that if we really wanted to make the death penalty a deterrent we should make the form of death "penalty" truly odious like putting the convicted in a burlap sack with dozens of biting snakes, sealing the bag and casting it into the water. Connecticut just outlawed the death penalty even in the wake of the convictions of Dr. Pettit's family killers! Makes no sense. I just hope with all the "hardware" in coin shops and coin shows these days that the crooks get plugged instead of making inane pleas in front of a jury.

 

Regarding the first part, I believe the 8th Amendment outlaws cruel and unusual punishment. I would definitely say putting somebody in a sealed bag with venomous snakes and drowning them would fit that category of punishment.
And regarding Connecticut abolishing the death penalty, well, I suppose I only have one question. Do two wrongs make a right, Hammurabi?
I've made the reference before, I think. But either way...
I suppose this shouldn't be a political conversation, since it's the "Coin Chat" forum...

 

Read John Grishams book "The Chamber" and you'll get a whole new slant on the death penalty. I'm not a bleeding heart liberal but the book did 'move' me.......

 

That's sad we live in times like these.

Years ago I traded some PM at a shop in Hollywood, Ca. There was more firepower inside that shop than we had on a routine Patrol back in Nam ! I saw 2 Mossbergs that I probably wasn't supposed to as well as the security that wassupposed to be seen. I just wanted out of there. lol