Most annoying Gun Myths

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I was just wondering, me and my friends were having a conversation with a Marine recruiter at school, and somehow the topic of .50 rifles came up and he said that "A .50 cal rifle cartridge can tear you in half from over a mile away!"

Is it true that a .50 cartridge can tear you in half from any distance?
 
a sharp stick is better then a 22

you might as well throw it at him

any 22 is worthless

hit him with a brick instead of a using a 22
 
WRT starting noobies out with a .22...I always do so. The .22 is CHEAP to shoot. We're talking 1/10 the price of practicing with centerfire rounds. More practice is better and, as long as I am footing the bill, practice will be with the less expensive rounds. Once the basics of marksmanship are thoroughly learned, then we move on to heavier rounds. Remember, if you are a lousy shot with a .22, picking up a heavier caliber won't magically make you a marksman. On the other hand, if you are a good shot with a .22 you are much more likely to be a good shot with something bigger.
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I agree. Maybe because my first time shooting was with a .22 pistol. You can put a lot of rounds downrange for next to nothing. The bulk Federal 525 rounds for less than $10. That's a hard deal to beat. Also, if that 250 lb guy can handle the .22 easy, then just move him up. I think the importance of it is to guage where they are. Maybe he will be able to move to a 9mm quickly, maybe not. But I think it's wise to find out first. I would hate to assume someone can handle something larger, and then have them freak out and lose control on the firing line. Someone's first time firing a gun should be the safest most in=control thing ever. Give them a .22, if it's easy, then great, move on to something else. If not, then keep working until they can.

Side story. I have this friend who is basically a leftist hippy. We went to high school and are in college together and such. I take a Right stance on everything, he tends to be Left on everything. He's in some band, I'm in the military. So anyways, I convinced him to come to the range one time and let him have at it with my Walther P22. He thought it was great. Well a few months pass and we were talking to some other college people we know, and they of course are leftist too. One of them said something about "handguns are only meant to kill" and my friend who I took to the range actually defended handguns and told them how much fun they were. I was pretty surprised, but pleased.


And yes, a .22 is better than a brick or whatever. Obviously, basically any other caliber is preferable, but in a pinch a .22 is better than nothing. 6 or 7 CCI Stingers in the chest has got to be worth something.
 
originally posted by Snap:
Three pages and not one mention of the classic "Anyone with a gun is compensating for something..." I once heard somebody say that it had been statistically proven that gun owners had smaller penises than the rest of the population. Of course, he made this claim with no evidence whatsoever.
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I am compensating for something when I carry a gun. I'm compensating for the inability to throw a 200 grain jacketed hollow point at 1250 feet per second. :neener:

Also, I'm not a rocket scientist, but from that whole physics discussion:
To keep the units consistent, let's convert the revolver's weight to grains: 32 oz = 2 lbs x 7000 grains / 1 lb. = 1,400 grains.
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Doesn't 2x7000=14,000? Not sure if that really affects the discussion.

Here, though, is the king of all annoying, if not injurious gun myths, just brought up again in the wake of the tragic Amish school shooting:

"We need more gun control to make us safe." :banghead:
 
Not exactly a myth per say, but this is some advice I've gotten. while getting ready to go squirrel hunting last year, had an "expert" ask me what I was using. When I told him my .410 shotgun, he told me that if I used it the squirrels were only going to laugh at me. He then told me no to put my cheek against it when fireing because the recoil will give me a black eye.

right
 
People who have read a question about laws in NY and give an answer about the laws in North Carolina or Wisconsin.
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Hey, what's this clumping North Carolina with the likes of Wisconsin? :(

:D
 
would rather have had me lump you with NY state? or Massachusetts. 'sconi aint a bad place, just the example used
 
My most annoying gun myth ever came from a tool that worked at a "home security" store in the mall. I went in to look at the nunchakus and the special edition Orc swords (note sarcasm), and noticed that they had a honest to god taser pistol. My buddy and I were laughing at it, and the tool said "These are more effective than a handgun", to which I replied "You stand on one side of the room with that, and I will stand on the other side of the room with my .357. We will each shoot each other and see which is more effective". He did not accept my challenge, making him, if nothing else, a slightly brighter tool than I had imagined.
 
From my female perspective:
1. Being beaten, raped, tortured and murdered is morally superior to using a firearm for defense.
2. Ignorance of firearms is bliss.
3. Guns are a guy’s thing.
4. If you shoot a bad guy, you’ll only make him mad and then he’ll really hurt you.
5. Women can’t handle the larger calibers.
6. Women can’t be trusted with firearms.
7. Martial arts such as karate or kung fu are better than being armed with a gun.
8. Firearms training is not a martial art.
9. It’s funny to do things to make shooting as unpleasant as possible for those new to it.
10. It’s better to rely or hide behind others with guns than to use one yourself.
 
Quote:can blast through engine blocks as easily as it can bones


Quote:Faust said the steel core bullets used in an SKS strike the body then follow bone, so a bullet can "enter your shoulder and come out of your toe."
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:rolleyes:

Do the bullets blast through bones, or blast through soft tissue and then follow the bone? You can't have it both ways Mr. NOPD.
 
165gr Light Mag = 180gr Standard Load

I asked the guy at the counter if they had some of Hornaday's Light Mags for my .30-06 in 180 gr because I was sure I had seen some on their website.

Gun Counter Guy: "If they made it, we would have it. They put so much powder behind the 165 gr, it makes it equal the force of a standard 180 gr."

I bought the box just because I wanted to see how they performed regardless of grain. I double checked the website...Gun Counter Guy = Authentic Moron.

The same guy was talking to me about .45s and said if you catch someone's jacket with it they're going down.
 
Only police/military should have guns!

So, every other person in the world is a homicidal maniac when handling a firearm? Police/military personell never go bezerk? C'mon, what's this statement mean???
 
Not a myth but.

"Why do you need an ar15?"

Response "Why do you need a Porsche?

*Note I do not own an ar15, just was talking about them.
 
Only police/military should have guns!
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This always sounds like "baaaahhh, baaahhhhh" to me. Because I consider this type of person a sheep. They are unable to think or act on their own and feel the need to be protected and told what to do.
 
Sheep

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>unable to think or act on their own and feel the need to be protected and told what to do.<
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Lemme see if I can fix that for ya...

unable to think or act on their own and need to be protected and told what to do.

There! That's a little more accurate!:D
 
Ditto on the stopping power bit.

Energy transfer is more plausible. A bullet:

A. zips completely through the target with an itty-bitty exit hole.

B. hits bone/tumbles/deforms/mushrooms/hollowpoints inside the target, staying inside or tearing a massive exit hole with corresponding wound channel.

Which one transferred more energy (kinetic, specifically) into the target?
 
I would think my most annoying myths are the ones that so many gun owners and shooters believe and spread themselves.:
Only major caliber guns are good for self defense.
Shooting somebody with a mousegun will only make them mad.
Point shooting is useless.
Chamber empty carry is as bad as having no gun at all.
You can successfullly fight off large numbers of determend criminals as long as you carry plenty of ammunition with you.
If you shoot a criminal he will immediately stop his attack.
If the criminal has a gun pointed at you, you can easily defeat him by drawing your own gun and shooting him before he shoots you.
There are many others, but I think you get the idea.
 
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