Shawn Dodson
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Many of those who were wounded didn't know they'd been shot."Thats a bad ass gun, thats the one that killed those people at that Army base."
43 people were shot with 5.7x28mm in the Ft. Hood shooting. 13 victims incurred fatal injury when the bullet(s) directly damaged vital tissues; 30 were wounded. 11 died at the scene, 2 died at the hospital. The percentage killed (30%) is virtually identical to the percentage of those who are killed when deliberately shot with a common handgun cartridge.
Jacksonville (FL) Sheriff's Office has used 5.7x28mm in several officer involved shootings and no longer uses it because of its poor "real world" performance. JSO is but one of many agencies to stop using 5.7x28 due to poor "real world" performance. The poor "real world" performance was predicted by gelatin tests. Those agencies that chose to ignore gelatin test results soon realized their error.If I am ever attacked by ballistic gel or wet phone books I will be sure to defend myself with something other than 5.7x28mm, otherwise it's performance in the real world would seem to suggest it was very effective.
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