Worst myths you've heard about guns which are meant to scare the general public?
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Big Bad Bob
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oh where to begin......
" the sonic wave produced off a .50BMG is so powerful it can tear off a limb just passing by you, without striking you"
"The M2HB .50BMG is only allowed by the Geneva convention to shoot vehicles and equipment, not people, so aim for the canteen or helmet" (I have heard this one WAY to much)
"hollow pointed anything are the best for killing zombies"
"A 12 gauge shotgun will dismember you"
so many, so many
"Glocks can go through airport screeners"
" the sonic wave produced off a .50BMG is so powerful it can tear off a limb just passing by you, without striking you"
"The M2HB .50BMG is only allowed by the Geneva convention to shoot vehicles and equipment, not people, so aim for the canteen or helmet" (I have heard this one WAY to much)
"hollow pointed anything are the best for killing zombies"
"A 12 gauge shotgun will dismember you"
so many, so many
"Glocks can go through airport screeners"
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If you shoot a "magnum" handgun at a car, van, or pickup truck, the vehicle will explode and fly into the air, invariably landing on it's roof. Variations on this theme include shotgun blasts throwing full-grown men 20 feet through the air and 8 inch holes in NYC apartment doors from a shotgun fired while in contact with the door.
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I haven't seen any autopsies first-hand, but based on the patterns I see out of mine, I see it as entirely possible that it could take an arm off.
What would you recomend for killing zombies?
Most of the people I've heard this from are Army folk. Is this untrue?
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I dont reccomend anything for killing zombies they are not real but its stuff you hear.
And on the .50 geneva conventions myth, i hear this from old Army guys all the time.
And on the .50 geneva conventions myth, i hear this from old Army guys all the time.
bigfatdave
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well - that's more about the screeners than the particular item being screened (seriously, read the GAO reports)
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I'll just add the broad category of:
"the Geneva convention says _________" ... almost invariably whatever fills in that blank is blatantly wrong and stupid
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Glocks apparently can sail through airport screening.
A friend of mine accidentally left one in the side compartment of his carry on bag, and it did sail through.
Stats I have seen indicate that at one time, the probability of a gun being caught at screening was only about 60%.
A friend of mine accidentally left one in the side compartment of his carry on bag, and it did sail through.
Stats I have seen indicate that at one time, the probability of a gun being caught at screening was only about 60%.
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Hornady Z-Max, duh!
chas3stix
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How about those "terrible exploding bullets" that are often portrayed on TV. Funny how people keep re-electing the likes of Dianne Feinstein and Chuck Schumer. Those that do deserve them! Know when a politician is lying? Their lips are moving.
Eh, shooters call them "exploding hollowpoints" as well. I think they read the same way that my friend does. We play a lot of RPGs, and he tends to read the first syllable and guess the rest of the word. Sometimes it's close, sometimes it's way off. Explode and Expand start with "exp" so that's probably all they read.
Like I said, I think these myths of how devastating some rounds can be are started by gun enthusiasts. "Oh yeah, I got the .40 caliber exploding hollowpoint because it will enter the body, explode on contact with the bone, and turn a pie-pan size part of your chest into jelly."
Then the media reports that this can actually happen.
Like I said, I think these myths of how devastating some rounds can be are started by gun enthusiasts. "Oh yeah, I got the .40 caliber exploding hollowpoint because it will enter the body, explode on contact with the bone, and turn a pie-pan size part of your chest into jelly."
Then the media reports that this can actually happen.
"Assault Weapon" may not be a technical term, but it is a legal term.
I do agree on "sniper rifle". I was showing my coworker (who is an anti) the POF rifles online, and she saw "hunting/sniper" in the description and immediately started bashing it as "anyone can get a sniper rifle!" The "tactical" model, she didn't have any complaints about.
The ONLY difference between the two? The tactical model has a full-length quad rail, the hunting/sniper model has partial-length quad rail. But the sniper model was apparently a lot more dangerous in her eyes.
I do agree on "sniper rifle". I was showing my coworker (who is an anti) the POF rifles online, and she saw "hunting/sniper" in the description and immediately started bashing it as "anyone can get a sniper rifle!" The "tactical" model, she didn't have any complaints about.
The ONLY difference between the two? The tactical model has a full-length quad rail, the hunting/sniper model has partial-length quad rail. But the sniper model was apparently a lot more dangerous in her eyes.
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That's not the gun going through undetected, that's the idiot at the screen not paying attention.
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Here's a myth I got a laugh out of:
"If you have more than 1,500 rounds of ammo at your house you need to apply to the government for an arsenal permit"
Pardon the gory details on this one, please, but it is the closest I've come to a "Mythbusters" style analysis to this situation:
In the way that most people see this happening, I don't think it is fair to state that shotguns will (generally) dismember a person. However, I have seen an arm detach from a body once as the result of sustaining multiple shotgun loads to a shoulder in a gang shooting.
The victim(s) of this event were rival gang members who were seated in a vehicle when the suspects rolled up on them and opened up with a couple of rifles and a shotgun. So, the wounds on the victim in question were very close range buckshot, with multiple hits in the left shoulder. When the medics attempted to remove the person from the vehicle to check for signs of life, the arm pretty much detached at the shoulder, though it didn't entirely fall off.
"If you have more than 1,500 rounds of ammo at your house you need to apply to the government for an arsenal permit"
Pardon the gory details on this one, please, but it is the closest I've come to a "Mythbusters" style analysis to this situation:
In the way that most people see this happening, I don't think it is fair to state that shotguns will (generally) dismember a person. However, I have seen an arm detach from a body once as the result of sustaining multiple shotgun loads to a shoulder in a gang shooting.
The victim(s) of this event were rival gang members who were seated in a vehicle when the suspects rolled up on them and opened up with a couple of rifles and a shotgun. So, the wounds on the victim in question were very close range buckshot, with multiple hits in the left shoulder. When the medics attempted to remove the person from the vehicle to check for signs of life, the arm pretty much detached at the shoulder, though it didn't entirely fall off.
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In this case he shot his wife. 1-She was dumb enough to marry this guy. 2-He removed his mate through which he was likly to pass on his genes.
Probably the wife had bad genes and in anycase her death did remove a receptacle for the moron's genes. So yes it is clorox for the gene pool.
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