Is There Any Other Kind of Fatal Gunshot? - Page 2

FileNotFound · 11-20-2003, 11:07 AM

Alright so why is it so tough to use blanks?

wolf · 11-20-2003, 11:13 AM

See #2 above "Tradition".

Also, have you ever tried going out specifically to buy 9mm blanks?

FileNotFound · 11-20-2003, 11:20 AM

I've seen 9mm blanks online...

I wasn't aware that the tradition is specific about the type of round used. Do you use FMJ or JHP or some variant thereof?

russotto · 11-20-2003, 12:58 PM

Turns out most cases of people getting dead on New Years Eve aren't from bullets fired straight up. They're from bullets on flatter trajectories. Take your pick

1) Drunk people can't shoot straight, not even straight up

2) Holiday celebrations are a great way to cover up murder.

3) Or mischief.

Someone I know has a small cannon he uses for New Years Eve. Takes 10 gauge black powder blanks. Makes a hellacious noise, fits into tradition, and doesn't hurt anyone wearing proper hearing protection :-).

Uryoces · 11-20-2003, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by wolf
1. Philadelphia has mostly concrete and rocks. The occasional patches of dirt you find might as well be concrete. If there is loose dirt anywhere (say a community garden) you can pretty much assume that it is underlain by rock. Big immovable rocks. Richochets make you just as dead.

2. It is established tradition that the celebratory midnight new year shot is to be fired directly overhead. Even Saddam Hussein knows this.

Hmm ... Bad splash problem, that. What can I say? I'm a considerate maniac!

11-20-2003, 11:07 AM	#16
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11-20-2003, 11:13 AM	#17
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	See #2 above "Tradition". Also, have you ever tried going out specifically to buy 9mm blanks? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

11-20-2003, 11:20 AM	#18
FileNotFound Intouch with his inner sheep rider. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 603	I've seen 9mm blanks online... I wasn't aware that the tradition is specific about the type of round used. Do you use FMJ or JHP or some variant thereof? __________________ This is a rat. \|This is a hamster.\| This is a chipmunk.\| This is a Sheep Rider.

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11-20-2003, 12:58 PM	#19
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Turns out most cases of people getting dead on New Years Eve aren't from bullets fired straight up. They're from bullets on flatter trajectories. Take your pick 1) Drunk people can't shoot straight, not even straight up 2) Holiday celebrations are a great way to cover up murder. 3) Or mischief. Someone I know has a small cannon he uses for New Years Eve. Takes 10 gauge black powder blanks. Makes a hellacious noise, fits into tradition, and doesn't hurt anyone wearing proper hearing protection :-).

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