QED, I do not know how to communicate with you. You lack some very basic understanding.
The FBI's minimum penetration requirement, of course, is a physiological incapacitation issue, not contract law issue.
It (the real
requirement) is a
performance specification and a validation testing
requirement. It becomes relevant to contract law when it becomes necessary evaluate performance in terms of contract compliance.
Since you have not been able to provide a name of anyone who disputes what attendees at '93 FBI ballistic workshop have unanimously concluded and agreed to, namely that 12" minimum penetration in soft-tissue is required in order to reach and disrupt vital organs in most people (notice not all)...
Who would who dispute that? Not I.
But you are using the word "required" in a difference sense.
Forensic medical experts did in fact agree that 12" minimum penetration in soft-tissue is required in order to reach and disrupt vital organs in most people.
That was the
basis of all of the FBI's requirements analysis, requirements definition, and testing protocol design that followed.
But one could design a cartridge on the basis of that kind of "requirement".
There is
far too much variation in real soft tissue to objectively design, develop, and test a cartridge that will repeatedly demonstrate a minimum penetration distance of 12 inches in it.
For that reason, no one would issue such a requirement, and no one in his right mind would accept it.
Thus, the FBI developed and issued objective requirements, and whether they are met is indeed entirely a matter of test performance.
I maintain that 12" minimum penetration in soft-tissue is FBI's penetration requirement (regardless if some manufacturer's ammunition testing protocol or ammunition satisfies it or not).
I hate to put it quite this way, but in a discussion of requirements definition, a discussion of product development, or a discussion of performance analysis, you would be ignored.
regardless if some manufacturer's ammunition testing protocol or ammunition satisfies it or not).
"Some
manufacturer's ammunition testing protocol"? The protocol is defined
by the FBI.