There's the hint, folks.
"My hammer was outside so I took the bullet and put it on a rock and smacked it with the hammer," Fath said.
Moron. No doubt votes Democrat because he doesn't expect them to be socialist control freaks.
Fath said he'll never hit a bullet with a hammer again.
But will undoubtedly continue to vote Democrat.
Incidentally, do they teach in journalism school that more than one sentence per paragraph is not allowed?
Gosh! A Darwin Putz of the Year Award! he even flunked qualifying for the actual Darwin ward:-) Fortunately, but he sure was CLOSE:-(
There's the hint, folks.
"My hammer was outside so I took the bullet and put it on a rock and smacked it with the hammer," Fath said.
I tend to think that the police report has the right of it.
Stupid is as Stupid does.
How stupid, why didn’t he just throw it away?
No, it just has to be in a CARTRIDGE (excepting muzzleloaders and cap'n ball revolvers). The CARTRIDGE will fire the BULLET if the PRIMER is struck, igniting the PROPELLANT CHARGE.
It's amazing how ignorant journalists are about firearms. They virtually NEVER get the facts right. Never!
When I was a kid, my dad had an anvil in the garage. I took a new roll of paper caps one day, put it on the anvil and smacked it as hard as I could with a hammer. I saw the spark, I smelt the gunpowder, but I didn’t hear a thing. I thought that was very strange. Then my mom burst into the garage and I could see her lips moving, but no words coming out. It took a few minutes for my hearing to return. She heard the roll of caps detonate from the kitchen and came running.
I hate to generalize, but if your front steps are made of aluminum, chances seem better than not that you are not a deep thinker. Ever watch COPS? It seems that the shallow end of the gene puddle congregates where the houses have wheels. Or maybe it’s just me.
If I had to divide the world into three types of people, I'd have to say:
Type I - Would never hit a bullet with a hammer.
Type II - Learns after the first time not to do it again.
Type III - Never learns.
At least this guy is not a Type III...
Reckon why not?
“Fath said he’ll never hit a bullet with a hammer again. “
He will instead, just dispose of unwanted bullets either in his oven, or in his lit charcoal grill.
A .22 knocked him on his buttocks? Must have been badly off balance to begin with.
Cartridges which are set off, or cook off as in a fire, outside of a chamber which provides the strength to contain the pressure of the gasses produces by the powder burning, either split, like a firecracker, or expel the bullet at very low speed, or both.
Even a .22 fired from a handgun or a rifle isn't likely to be knocking anyone, not even a Mary Martin type, on their ass.
Might kill you if it clipped an artery, or from infection even from a minor wound. (.22 bullets are usually lubricated and pick up all sorts of nasty stuff).
And he might not vote for Obama in 2012 again, either...
Bullets are to cartridges as flour is to bread, as cement is to concrete, etc. When will they ever learn?
I think he’s full of beans on how he shot himself. There have been plenty of studies done, and the brass will go a hell of lot farther than the bullet. Without something, like a chamber/barrel to contain and direct the pressure, there really isn’t any direction to the energy, and frankly, with smokless power, if it ain’t contained, it doesn’t build much pressure. I suggest that the local law enforcement folks investigate this thoroughly. My guess is that they will find a gun somewhere.
I am a certified firearms, and reloading instructor, and I have had ammo pop on me in the form of the rechargable battery pack from my camera flash setting one off in a jacket pocket. I jumped pretty good. There was a scorch mark, but the cotton pocket was fine and contained the bullet and case.
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