Liberal Forum

These reports are consistent with my experience during three tours of duty in Vietnam from 1964 to 1969. It was apparent that the 5.56-mm cartridge was nothing more than the commercial Remington .223 cartridge used for hunting small game. (The state of Virginia does not permit it to be used for hunting deer because it cannot ensure a "clean kill" on deer.) Yet its full-metal-jacket military counterpart continues to be issued to U.S. combatants for the purpose of knocking down and killing or disabling enemy soldiers.