Sorry,I have to chime back in. Let me restate that I do think that a 223 with an explosive type of bullet would stop people most of the time in most situations but I am really not a fan of the 223 in combat. I have never figured out why we went that direction in the first place.
The idea of wounding someone being better than killing them has no place in our modern world against the ememies we now face and you can not compare the D.C. Sniper case to combat. It isnt the same thing at all.