Loosedhorse
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I'm still mssing it.But I think one of the strengths of Greg's study, which a lot of folks seem to be missing, is that it begins to highlight the difference between a psychological stop and a physiological stop.
The definition that Greg says he is using for "incapacitation" seems to include "psychological stops"--just as Marshall and Sanow's did. So I see not improvement here.
I mean, I get the presumption (if this is what you mean?) that psychological stops are roughly the same for both "minor" calibers and "major" cailbers, and that (therefore) the difference we see in "incapacitation" between major and minor calibers is the difference in physiological stops...
I just don't see that this study helps justify that presumption. In fact, as the (IPSC) "minor" (and sub-minor) calibers range from 21-34% fatalities (the ultimate "physiological stop"--although, again, a person might stop first and die later, so the stop was actually "psychological" at the time it happened), and the major calibers range from 25-34%, they seem to be about equal physiologically (with perhaps the exception of the .32 pistol calibers).
Unless you perhaps mean that the major calibers are better at producing psychological stops? I think that might be.
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