That's on the issue of full metal jackets as opposed to hollow points.
Of course, this is a debate that's pretty much over among anybody who knows guns -- if you're going to the range to practice, being full metal jackets; if you're carrying for self-defense, use hollow points.
The wrinkle that a lot of people who don't know anything about guns use to pass domestic laws is that hollow points are prohibited for war under the Hague Conventions. The reasoning: hollow points are too deadly, and it's inhumane to use them.
Of course, this decision that was agreed upon more than a century ago is still being used by the anti-gun groups. "These bullets are banned for combat. Why do we still need them here? He let police departments use them? Why let civilians have them?"
Fortunately, New Jersey is still the only state in the country that has banned hollow points, and I'll never go back there.
Still, the argument comes from narrow thinking.
Everything has trade-offs. Full metal jacket rounds are cheaper, and designed to hold their trajectory down course.
Hollow points are much more expensive, they have more stopping power, and they reduce the danger of unintended damage.
Look, I don't know for sure why hollow points are still banned for military use. When the rule was passed, we hadn't even experienced WWI. In this age of urban warfare being the norm, it makes sense to me to lift the ban to reduce the possibility of a combatant being shot, having the bullet pass through his body, and hit a kid on the other side of a wall (Any military people can correct me on this.)
The average person keeping a gun for self- or home-defense should have access to both -- one for practice, and one for if the shit hits the fan.
There's a reason why Binger was grilling Rittenhouse about his choice of ammo (which actually wasn't his. Especially in an urban area, a full metal jacket bullet can pass through an attacker much more easily and hit someone who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. If you ever need to discharge your weapon to save your life, hollow points are a good way to put another element in place to avoid accidental injury or death. Namely, you cause more damage to the person who's trying to murder or rape, and cause less to no damage to anybody near-by.
Just like with everything else, there's nuance here, and there are functions for both that make sense.