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Damn thieving little jackasses!
r100rs:
Here is what happened to me. I had to be at work at 4am. Around
2 am the police call me and ask me if I own a red Honda Accord - License # ------- . I said yes but dont remember all the numbers.
Well they say they found it on the other side of town. I said no - its in my garage - as that is where i left it. Our bedroom is over the garage. They insisted it was mine. So I go down stairs into my garage and sure enough my car is there. Just as I tell him, I hear in the background, "tell him it is not his - we typed in the wrong number"
I know they are doing there job but I wanted to kill them - lost and extra hour of sleep.
r100rs
Tman122:
--- Quote ---IOne more thing, while it would be tempting to fire a couple shots off to drive home the point to the would-be-thieves, you always gotta remember that the bullet will land someplace.. and nothing makes a bad night worse than by landing a bullet on top of someones head by mistake.
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Anybody see mythbusters? If you shoot a bullet into the air once it looses its rotation from the rifling and turns towords the ground. It will only pick up speed based on it's weight and will not even penetrate the skin if it hits someone.
Brewman:
There are many rules regarding gun safety, and if they are all followed carefully, mishaps can be avoided.
I consder these the big 4-
1. Treat all guns as if they are always loaded.
2. Don't point a gun at anything you don't intend to destroy.
3. Keep you finger off the trigger till you have the target sighted and are ready to
shoot.
4. Be sure of your backstop & Beyond. Consider where the bullet will go if you miss.
Texas probably has more permissive rules for defending one's property than we do here in Minnesota. We, especially those of us in the Minneapolis/St.Paul area and surrounding suburbs would be in pretty big trouble if we fired shots just to chase off burgulars. Warning shots and the like are forbidden by law here.
Dr. Spa™ Ret.:
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Anybody see mythbusters? If you shoot a bullet into the air once it looses its rotation from the rifling and turns towords the ground. It will only pick up speed based on it's weight and will not even penetrate the skin if it hits someone.
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Every week........ and the episode you're talking of determined that what you say is true ONLY if the bullet is shot ABSOLUTELY PERFECTLY straight up. When the bullet reaches it's peak, it then tumbles back to the ground, it's speed greatly reduced by air friction. If the trajectory is off ever so slightly, and is not perfectly straight up, the bullet will travel in an arc and come down with great velocity.
Term, go for the knee caps. A piece of string will stop the bleeding till the ambulance arrives, and it's unlikely they will come back, "walking" around the back of your building.
Brewman:
When a bullet drops from the sky, having been shot up from the ground, terminal velocity would take over sooner or later.
I try and watch Mythbusters as often as I can. I like the show, especially when the test things with guns. Like shooting into water, catching a bullet in ones teeth, and making bullets out of ice.
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