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I may not be active duty military and a ballistics expert but I implore you to watch this quick video of the shooting: http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bc6_1420632668

Here it is again in slow motion, zoomed in: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_c4IUO6h7w

Kalashnikov rifles chambered at 7.62mm exhibit greater than zero recoil under the best of circumstances.

It simply isn't credible to state that a Kalashnikov rifle will not exhibit _any_ recoil.

And to pretend as if a 7.62mm round fired at point blank range into a human target would cause _no_ amount of blood splatter or blowback in the target is highly suspect.

There is no visual of a bullet hitting this police officer and I will not apologize for my statements inciting controversy. Watch the video. In less than a minute you will see I am accurately describing the events as they unfold on video.




You just admitted you are not a ballistics expert.

- How do you know how much recoil that rifle will generate?

- How much blood splatter should you expect? Where do you get this information from?

- How fast or slow does a bullet have to be going to be visible on a phone camera video?

Given the statements you are making, I assume you already have all this information.


video games /sarcasm




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