Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


1 posted on 03/27/2017 7:01:29 AM PDT by w1n1
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies ]


To: w1n1

“I’m a messenger on broad topics.”

Really?


2 posted on 03/27/2017 7:04:25 AM PDT by TexasGator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

12 gauge at close range = death.


3 posted on 03/27/2017 7:09:19 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

A Fort Drum soldier was shot through the chest with a .50 cal round back in the late 1980s or early ‘90s. He was doing maintenance on a mounted weapon and didn’t follow procedures.

I know he lived long enough to be airlifted to a Syracuse hospital (about 80 miles). I don’t know his long-term outcome, but my recollection is he survived.


4 posted on 03/27/2017 7:13:42 AM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

My daughter was shot last year at about six feet. She died on the OR table, but they revived her. She lost a major component of her immune system. She has terror filled nightmares, suicidal thoughts, high anxiety and absolute fear.
Unfortunately, she has returned to drugs, which is why she was shot in the first place. It was a drug/ cash robbery.


6 posted on 03/27/2017 7:15:25 AM PDT by momincombatboots (pathway to citizenship... Amnesty history repeats. Walling Illegals In wasn't the idea moron!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1
Oooohhhh. They meant how bad is getting shot very close to the muzzle. There for a second I thought they meant how bad is it to get shot at any distance over which the trajectory of a given projectile fired from a given weapon remains sufficiently flat that one can strike a target by firing at it directly.
My bad.

Words mean things, Ms Clinton. Hehehe. d;^)

Definition of Point Blank Range

7 posted on 03/27/2017 7:18:52 AM PDT by CopperTop
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

Ask Gabby Giffords. Then again, I wonder if that incident was a false flag.


9 posted on 03/27/2017 7:43:09 AM PDT by castlegreyskull
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

Btt


10 posted on 03/27/2017 7:43:55 AM PDT by Mathews (Ecclesiastes 10:2 (NIV), Luke 22:36 (NIV))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

Ask Lee Harvey Oswald.


11 posted on 03/27/2017 7:47:05 AM PDT by Jess Kitting
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

This is incorrect usage of the term “point blank.”


13 posted on 03/27/2017 8:04:09 AM PDT by Fido969 (IN!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

Actually, “point blank” is a distance between which the rise and fall of a bullet does not exceed some certain specified vertical dimension. For example, “PB range of a 30/06 150 grain bullet at 2900 fps on a 6 inch target is 0- 320 yards when sited to hit 1.5 inches high at 100 yds”. The meaning is that the bullet will hit the target somewhere between the top and bottom any where within this range.

You mean “close quarters” or “contact” ranges in your posting.

Terms matter.


14 posted on 03/27/2017 8:16:00 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

If the gun is in contact with your skin would the barrel explode because it was blocked?

Or would the gases expanding outward (into your skin) blow up your innards like a balloon?

Inquiring minds want to know...


18 posted on 03/27/2017 9:23:35 AM PDT by Mr. K (***THERE IS NO CONSEQUENCE OF OBAMACARE REPEAL THAT IS WORSE THAN KEEPING IT ONE MORE DAY***)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

A lot more shockwave plus powder burns.


19 posted on 03/27/2017 9:58:39 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1; All

Why post this crap?


20 posted on 03/27/2017 11:31:27 AM PDT by Cobra64 (Common sense isn't common any more.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

To: w1n1

“Would you be able to take any of these shots holding up”

???


26 posted on 03/28/2017 6:19:43 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
Bloggers & Personal
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson