10 judges are nuts.

[James A. Donald]

On 2/24/2017 1:20 PM, Razer wrote:
> On 02/23/2017 07:15 PM, Marina Brown misquoted Jim...
>
>
> I wrote the bit about outrunning a musketball...Yeah well perhaps I was
> jesting. But what might happen if the ball hit a solid object, or thick
> chopped pressed wool (imagine a peacoat on steroids) with a bunch of
> undergarments are two different things. I'm not saying it wouldn't hurt,
> or break a bone or something, but the ball would most likely get stuck
> in the wool.

Traditional muskets are big, clumsy, and kick like a horse, but they 
blow great big holes in people.  Remember, they rendered armor 
irrelevant, because they can punch through armor and kill horses with 
the greatest of ease.

It is the famous AK-47 that is relatively quiet and low power.  Assault 
weapons are so called because they are designed to be fired while 
running around, like a handgun.

Assault weapons were named by Hitler (or at least he signed off on the 
name), "Sturmgewehr", literally "Storm gun, Sturm gewehr" because unlike 
the considerably heavier guns of World War I, designed to be fired while 
kneeling in a trench, they were designed to be fired while running 
towards your enemies, while storming the enemy.

In consequence an assault rifle makes an excellent hunting weapon for a 
seven year old girl, but adult males generally prefer considerably more 
powerful guns for hunting, unless they are varmint shooting.

A small child using an assault rifle to hunt usually shoots while 
kneeling or lying down, and resting the front of the rifle on something, 
because the weight and recoil makes it difficult for a small child to 
aim while walking around.