JAMA on the severity of firearms injuries

Here is a link to an article at the JAMA network titled "The Association of Firearm Caliber With Likelihood of Death From Gunshot Injury in Criminal Assaults".

Here is an excerpt from the article and my comments (in italics).

"While speculative, recent studies suggest a continuing trend toward greater wound severity associated with the greater power of firearms in common use. . . . It is widely accepted among medical and public health professionals that the likelihood of death in an assault increases with the power of the gun. But that belief is routinely challenged by advocates and some social scientists in the national debate over gun regulation."

You don't need a study to conclude that larger caliber will do more damage.  You just need to understand basic physics.  Larger caliber bullets deliver greater energy.  Any advocate or social scientist who challenges this notion is either uninformed or disingenuous.

The article finds that caliber is the only variable among those examined that determines the likelihood of death.