SUBSIM Radio Room Forums

SUBSIM Radio Room Forums (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/index.php)

- General Topics (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/forumdisplay.php?f=175)

- - Darwin Award! (https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=236919)

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43410816

The award for the dead man. The women, still living, by statutes cannot be rewarded one, since she survived.

This shows why in an ideal world there would be some sooper-dooper psychotest assessing whether or not somebody has the rationality and mental sanity needed to own firearms or not, before selling him one. What if this fool would have started to fire at people wearing plastic helmets at a constuction site, claiming that the helmet would have protected them? Somebody thinking a book shields his heart from a shot, can as easily believe in the mythical protection of such a helmet, too. He should have never had access to a firearm.

Wasn't this posted about on here some time last year? :hmmm:

Yes it's old news but the BBC is obsessed with guns in the USA and bring up these kinds of stories over and over.

If its old news, maybe BBC broght it up becasue now the court'S verdict has been finalised?! Anyhow, I either forgot or have not taken note of in the first if it was a forum topic before.

Downside is he had already procreated before this happened.

I believe that the smallest cartridge for the Desert Eagle is the .357 Mag which has about 700-800 ft pounds of energy.

An unwise decision.

Was it the .357? I always assumed the .50, but I never saw it specified.
But either way, a book isn't going to stop that.

As I said in the other thread, a little R&D goes a long way.......

I'm sure everyone would have felt much better if she had hit him with a brick.

NOT FOR THE BOOKISH FAINT-OF-HEART!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Platapus (Post 2545574)

I believe that the smallest cartridge for the Desert Eagle is the .357 Mag which has about 700-800 ft pounds of energy.

An unwise decision.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gargamel (Post 2545589)

Was it the .357? I always assumed the .50, but I never saw it specified.
But either way, a book isn't going to stop that.

As I said in the other thread, a little R&D goes a long way.......

Quote:

Ruiz held the book to his chest. Perez held the gun, a gold Desert Eagle .50-caliber pistol considered “one of the most powerful semiautomatic handguns in the world.”
From a foot away, court documents say, Perez pulled the trigger

THE DESERT EAGLE FIRES A .50 ACTION EXPRESS CARTRIDGE IN THIS CASE https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...and_32_ACP.jpg<WITH .32 CARTRIDGE FOR COMPARISON

Quote:

Fired from a standard six-inch Desert Eagle barrel, Speer's 300-grain load produces a muzzle velocity of over 1,500 ft/s, giving a muzzle energy of over 1,500 ft⋅lb (2,000 J). Fired from a 10-inch barrel, the same load produces a muzzle velocity of over 1,600 ft/s, giving a muzzle energy of nearly 1,800 ft⋅lb (2,400 J).

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I MIGHT SURVIVE THE PENETRATION OF MY SAFARILAND LEVEL III KEVLAR VEST (WITH SHOCKPLATE) BUT I SUSPECT THE SHOCK IMPACT WOULD STILL STOP MY 67 YEAR OLD HEART https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiJLZZdDStI ...LEVEL III WITH NO SHOCKPLATE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joQOrnIwP_g IMHO: THE BEST ARMOR IS NOT TO BE AROUND ONE THESE BBY'S!