How AR-15 Bullets Blow The Body Apart
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The AR-15 rifle has been the weapon of choice for many mass killers. It featured in 10 of the 17 deadliest US shootings since 2012, according to Washington Post
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The AR-15 is an efficient killer. It fires bullets at such a high velocity that it can eviscerate multiple people in seconds
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The AR-15 fires bullets in a barrage of 30 or even 100 in rapid succession
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A single bullet lands with a shock wave intense enough to blow apart a skull and demolish vital organs
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The impact is even more acute on the compact body of a small child
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"It literally can pulverize bones, it can shatter your liver and it can provide this blast effect," says The Washington Post, quoting Joseph Sakran, a gunshot survivor and a trauma surgeon
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During surgery on people shot with high-velocity rounds, body tissue "literally just crumbled into your hands", Dr Sakran says
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A bullet from the AR-15 can also cause torrential bleeding that is quickly lethal
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When multiple bullets from an AR-15 strike one body, they cause a cascade of catastrophic damage. This is the trauma witnessed by first responders, but rarely, if ever, seen by the public
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