Somehow, I suspect that my FRiends will have something to say on this topic.
Cracked.com is blocked here at my work so I will perhaps look from home tonight.
Myths
1. Dropped guns go off (agree, except maybe rim fire)
2. Glocks don’t show up on security
3. Bullets spark
4. Shotguns have a massive room-killer pattern
5. Range effectiveness = real effectivness
6. Bullets knock people down
One thing is certainly correct.... don't try to catch a falling firearm.
In the commercial kitchens, the saying is "A falling knife has no handle"; the same can apply to firearms.
/johnny
Het the hip/pelvis and they will drop...allowing you to get to cover.
It can take a man several minutes to die from a couple of chest shots...and he can keep shooting while bleeding out.
Hit the hip/pelvis and they will drop...allowing you to get to cover.
It can take a man several minutes to die from a couple of chest shots...and he can keep shooting while bleeding out.
Stupid and condesending article. Note to Authors: Know your audience. The Brady Bunch isn’t visiting your website for the education.
That said, and on topic, the real world affect of bullets hitting a perp is the reason 12 police will send almost 100 rounds in a few short second at a life threatening perp. This article might bring to life why the public thinks its odd that so many shots are fired at a perp when lethal force is used or necessary. Many shots miss and those that do find their mark are not immediate “perp stoppers” in most cases, as Hollywood would have you believe.
In a firefight, it’s not uncommon for a participant to be wounded without knowing it immediately.
But most here already know all of this which makes mine a circular assertion.
Well, I thought the article was pretty hilarious.
What about the Hispanic irresistible urge/impulse to fire a handgun (usually a semi-auto) held sideways?
They left out the shooting a bullet through an airplane fuselage will immediately depressurize the aircraft, sucking everybody out through the gaping hole it creates, falling to their deaths thousands of feet below.
Double Barreled shotguns are great....for the sporting clay range.
At close range, give me a 12 ga, .00 buck on full choke.
LOL!!! Who in their right mind would believe anything they see in a movie?! Its fiction! In some circles its even considered entertainment. Perhaps this is more a case of gullible movie goers.
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"Treat every gun as if it is loaded". According to Hollywood, every gun is always loaded, every gun fires between 23 and 700 bullets before needing to be re-loaded (if it is ever re-loaded at all).
They still look at me strangely when I blow the smoke out of the barrel and twirl the piece a few times on my finger before holstering it. I guess you're not supposed to do that with a .45. At least not with a full mag, a round chambered, and the safety off. Who knew?
Don’t forget, hiding behind a car door protects you from AK’s and other military full auto weapons.
Mac 10’s never hit anyone, and a single round from a Sig always results in a kill.
Most important, if you over power the man with the gun and he drops the gun, always stop hitting him, and never pick up the gun before you run away.
no believing in guns will protect you from people that do.
Ping for after work....
The only thing worth watching is the blonde firing the .45ACP.