According to the debate, they had their reasons. But still – when one hundred and eighty six nations say one thing, and two say another, you have to wonder about the two.

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    3 months ago

    There’s 470 joules of energy in a 9mm. That’s 0.1 kcal, i.e. you need approx. 666 mp5 mag dumps for your daily energy expenditure.

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        3 months ago

        Another way to approximate this: there’s about 0.3g of gunpowder in a 9mm cartridge. There’s about 3 kJ/g of energy in gunpowder, i.e. one 9mm has about 1 kJ worth of gunpowder. So with the gunpowder alone you’d need almost 10,000 rounds for your daily energy needs.

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        The bullet energy is from several sources and it’s below 500 joules. 2,000 kcal is 8,400,000 joules.