[red-iron-pine]

Man that title is hyperbole -- BLAST EFFECT implies that its doing something that every other gun doesn't. Like, this is the same thing any rifle round, e.g. .243, 9mm, 30-06.

Using AR-15 by name is also a sign: they're using that name specifically as part of the recent, renewed call for assault rifle bans.

I'm not going to argue that's bad thing -- I'll leave that to the inevitable commenters below -- but that headline is deliberately biased and is clearly propaganda, even if they have a point.

[BoGoToTo]

There is also a massive consideration on the type of ammo being used. Hollow point vs steel core is gonna have very different effects.

[pixl97]

The hollow point is going to be far more devastating.

Back in the 90s around the times of the assault weapon ban, some gun group baited some people in the media by getting the media people to hype up how much more dangerous guns like the AK/AR were than 'safe' hunting rifles. They then got the media to go out to a range where they shot watermelons with assault rifles first, and the media bought in and was like "wow, look at that massive damage"

Then they shot a watermelon with a 300 winchester magnum hunting rifle... Pink mist.