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For God's Sake, Stay Inside During A Gun Fight
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| 04.22.2013
| kelsey d atherton
Posted on 04/23/2013 3:47:37 PM PDT by njslim
Ever wonder why the people taking cell phone videos of gunfights aren't themselves hit by bullets? Turns out, there's no good explanation other than dumb luck, because according to the laws of physics, they should be totally screwed.
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; firefight; guncontrol; guns; secondamendment
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Wonder why the police told everyone to stay off streets during manhunt for Boston Marathon bombing suspects.......
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posted on
04/23/2013 3:47:37 PM PDT
by
njslim
To: njslim
IF i were a thread composition nazi, this one would be hauled out to the street and shot.
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posted on
04/23/2013 3:51:44 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: njslim
This could become a classic!
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posted on
04/23/2013 3:53:53 PM PDT
by
Atlas Sneezed
(Universal Background Check -> Registration -> Confiscation -> Oppression -> Extermination)
To: tomkat
Hope no one is taking pictures with there phone!
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posted on
04/23/2013 3:56:52 PM PDT
by
justrepublican
(Screaming a "Vexatious requester" at a Wellstone memorial...........)
To: justrepublican
Never no what peple are doing out their, do ya ?
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posted on
04/23/2013 3:58:55 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: njslim
Given how union members shoot, they should be totally screwed.
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posted on
04/23/2013 3:59:17 PM PDT
by
NoLibZone
(None here can be puzzled by why Jews walked into the cars so quietly- we are walking up the planks.)
To: NoLibZone
You just wet your thumb and hold it up and see if it gets blown off!
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:01:49 PM PDT
by
Conserev1
("Still Clinging to my Bible and my Weapon")
To: njslim
My take-away from this - Unless you can get 1 mile away easily and quickly, you might as well stay and film the action, because hiding behind the walls of your house won’t protect you at all.
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:01:55 PM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Mushroom Gravy
So - gun fights are not spectator sports?
Really?
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:03:55 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(uences, Ja!)
To: PGR88
Well, you could always do what the rabbits and snakes do - get flat. Minimize the target.
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:04:10 PM PDT
by
elkfersupper
( Member of the Original Defiant Class)
To: njslim
Years ago, some friends of ours were hosting a teenage girl from Bosnia. They picked her up at the airport on Saturday. The next morning the local news showed the implosion of an old multi-story department store downtown. The Bosnian girl looked around the room and said, “Why would you destroy a perfectly good building. There aren’t even any bullet holes.”
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:04:28 PM PDT
by
OrioleFan
(Republicans believe every day is July 4th, Democrats believe every day is April 15th.)
To: PGR88
When the company I work for went through one of it’s “cheapness spasms” and quit letting us stay at decent hotels I ended up in a roach trap near the Oakland Airport. There was so much gunfire I slept in the bathtub with the mattress over the top.
To: njslim
Throw water balloons, distract em so those “marksmen” with 30 round magazines can unload some more lead.
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:06:36 PM PDT
by
wxgesr
(I want to be the first person to surf on another planet (Uranus)
To: PGR88
hiding behind the walls of your house wont protect you at all. Mine's brick. Does that apply for those also?
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:07:54 PM PDT
by
nascarnation
(Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
To: njslim
The police had no problem dragging them out of their houses and conducting illegal searches.
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:09:35 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Inside every liberal and WOD defender is a totalitarian screaming to get out.)
To: njslim
IR cameras would do the trick. They see through boats.
To: PGR88
Here in hurricane country most of the houses are block. I’m pretty confident I’ll be safe inside.
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:11:23 PM PDT
by
GatorGirl
(Who is John Galt?)
To: njslim
My son is a director of documentary films and has been in some dangerous situations such as the war in Bosnia and was kidnapped in an African country and only escaped by a UN helicopter coming in to rescue him and many other dangerous situations.
His evaluation now of knowing when to retreat out of a dangerous situation is this: He said he came to the realization that people would watch a film he was risking his life to get, then they would go to the kitchen and get something to eat or go to the bathroom. He decided his life was worth more than that so no more life risking for film.
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:16:05 PM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
To: Marcella; OrioleFan
Excellent stories, the both of ya .. thanks !
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:23:11 PM PDT
by
tomkat
To: njslim
Turns out, there's no good explanation other than dumb luck, because according to the laws of physics, they should be totally screwed.
Why? After a (reported) 200 round firefight the only one killed was dragged to death by his brother with a car...
Pretty pathetic display of law enforcement if you ask me.
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posted on
04/23/2013 4:23:56 PM PDT
by
lewislynn
( We bet on the black, it came up red.)
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