mohandasgandhi: mollay: Soldiers in Libya are using .50 bmg bullets on civilians.  That’s the one on the left.   That’s beyond unsettling.  I had a discussion with my brother, who’s currently training in the police academy, about weapons that law enforcement/the military uses.  Do you want to know what police departments who even have these bullets use them for?  Immobilizing vehicles and shooting through walls.  If I remember correctly and have my physics right, .50 BMG bullets can be fired between 13-15,000 ft-lbf, which means they can apply a force of 13-15,000lbs through a given displacement of 1 foot.  These bullets are designed to shred things much tougher than the human body.  Unbelievable.

Feb 22 -

mohandasgandhi:

mollay:

Soldiers in Libya are using .50 bmg bullets on civilians.  That’s the one on the left.  

That’s beyond unsettling.  I had a discussion with my brother, who’s currently training in the police academy, about weapons that law enforcement/the military uses.  Do you want to know what police departments who even have these bullets use them for?  Immobilizing vehicles and shooting through walls.  If I remember correctly and have my physics right, .50 BMG bullets can be fired between 13-15,000 ft-lbf, which means they can apply a force of 13-15,000lbs through a given displacement of 1 foot.  These bullets are designed to shred things much tougher than the human body. 

Unbelievable.

(via thedancingserpent)

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