On 11/7/09 6:51 AM, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:48:07 -0800, wrote:

An analyst at Fort Hood has determined it would have been impossible
for one person to have inflicted so many wounds even with 2 20 round
handguns. They're now considering that some were wounded or killed by
"friendly fire."

Get your facts straight.

Hasan purportedly used a FN Herstal 5-7 Tactical which can hold up to
31 rounds (extended clip/20 round standard) of 5.7 mm NATO high impact
flat trajectory rounds. It's extremely accurate weapon up to 150
yards - almost as flat and accurate as a high powered rifle. It's
unknown at this point if he did a reload, but if you're planning mass
murder, it wouldn't be surprizing to have an extra clip or two. You
can change one of these clips very quickly. Of course, being a close
quarters/urban combat expert, you wouldn't know that.


Wow, marine boy looked up some **** on the internet, but not accurate ****.

First, the semi-auto pistol uses magazines, not clips. There is a
difference.

Second, the ammo in question is not 5.56 NATO. The FN ammo has a smaller
casing, and is not as fast or as powerful. There's nothing really
special about the SS190 5.7. rounds, which likely was what the shooter
was using; they're no more deadly than 9 mm rounds against soft targets.
The 190's put about 400 foot pounds on target; a .223 from an AR is
about 1200 foot pounds.

When you have a finite, small space, un-armored people and a low recoil
pistol, it isn't that difficult to shoot a lot of folks if that is your
goal.

I saw some reports yesterday that some of the victims might have been
hit by friendly fire. Anything, I suppose, is possible. Forensic
examinations will determine if that is the case.

And now, back to your usual bull**** from SW Tom Marine Boy bull****,
aka "the wookie" of rec.boats. You know, "Let the wookie win..." That boy.