cas·u·al·ty /ˈkæʒuəlti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[kazh-oo-uhl-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation –noun, plural -ties. 1.Military. a.a member of the armed forces lost to service through death, wounds, sickness, capture, or because his or her whereabouts or condition cannot be determined. b.casualties, loss in numerical strength through any cause, as death, wounds, sickness, capture, or desertion.
The primary purpose of any military weapon is, like Danny said, to produce CASUALTIES. The 5.56 NATO is very good at fullfilling it's role, as well as having a number of other desirable characteristics for military use. A military application, when any available shot is acceptable and possibly necessary, is completely different from a hunting situation where the hunter has a duty to make the cleanest, quickest and most humane kill possible. Of course, a hunter, unlike a soldier, has the option to NOT hunt if his weapon doesn't match his intended game, and NOT shoot if the shot is questionable.

It's unfortunate that some people can't understand this difference.

Mike