What I Saw Treating the Victims from Parkland Should Change the Debate on Guns

I’m for gun control, but it is important to realize that the wounds he describes could equally be made by a hunting rifle. The nature of terminal ballistics in this case is a function of the muzzle velocity of the round. This doctor is familiar it seems with handguns, which are generally no more than 1500fps. By contrast a hunting rifle will tend to be around 3000fps. For comparison, a shotgun shooting slugs with a heavy load might be 2200fps, but with more mass being moved. A .45 handgun will generally be less than 1000fps.

Are Americans more homicidal in nature than the rest of the developed world, or is it perhaps that Canada, Britain, France, Germany, et al have gun control laws?<p>I see no third explanation.