Old Ammo and 3.5 computer discs

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Prof Young

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I have some 30 year old (or there abouts) 22 cal Wester Xpert ammo. Yesterday I used it on some 3.5 computer discs that I was using as targets before throwing them away. I learned that the ammo shoots just fine and at about ten yards will penetrate almost two dozen 3.5 computer at once.
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I don't know that I'd do that with a hard drive. Electronics typically contain a lot of toxic material, which is why they need to be recycled and not just thrown out (and even then, the people who do the hands-on part of the recycling get sick a lot if they don't have adequate protection). If you shoot it up and it shatters... not so good.
 
I don't know that I'd do that with a hard drive.
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I have to admit that I haven't always been the wise and prudent sage you folks know me to be today. A few years back, I shot a few leftover hard drives. The results were interesting.

.45 ACP drilled through, leaving an exit hole only slightly larger than the entrance hole. .44 Special blew the rear plate off, scattering internals ten feet down range. Take that, Marshall and Sanow!

To witnesses, I presented the results as scientifical proof of the stopping power of various cartridges. I suppose I should smile or something when I make jokes like that, because I really think a couple of onlookers took those results to heart.
 
But wait, you are supposed to use your laptop or computer as a defensive instrument in a rampage. You mean bullets go through them.

Oh, NO!
 
There are times when it makes perfect sense to shoot a hard drive - while it's still in the computer!
Computers are the result of a diabolical scheme to aggravate everyone in the free world into the nut house.
Don't delay - shoot your computer, now.
While there's still time to save yourself.
 
There is a cartoon I had over my desk. It's a guy sitting by his computer and he has shot the monitor screen. His wife is saying: 'So much for a calm discussion of the 2nd Amend.'
 
But wait, you are supposed to use your laptop or computer as a defensive instrument in a rampage. You mean bullets go through them.
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No, Glenn, that's incorrect Defensive Laptop technique. You're supposed to shield yourself with your bulletproof backpack, while flinging the laptop Frisbee® style.

I think I see another get-rich-slowly scheme here: the Death's Head Shuriken Laptop...
 
You mean bullets go through them.
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Nope. The hard drive on a laptop will slow bullets, but the newer iPads and such use solid-state drives. They won't even stop harmless rounds like 9mm.

One thing you can do is fill a backpack with hundreds of AOL disks and whack the assailant with it.
 
But Glenn Meyer, a psychology professor at Trinity University in San Antonio, said the bill’s critics seem willing to sacrifice the first 30 people who would die in a campus attack before police arrive.
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Fantastic comment Glenn. I hope it sunk in to some brains.
 
Thanks, that was my analysis of the common training tapes.

They usually start with : When you hear shots fired ...

--- That means the first thirty are dead.

That point is ignored either through lack of understanding or deliberately.

I also discussed how hiding and fighting have not always been successful. Thus, we remove a reasonable method of defense.

Needless to say this analysis doesn't go over well with those who oppose carry. They sputter.
 
I don't know that I'd do that with a hard drive. Electronics typically contain a lot of toxic material, which is why they need to be recycled and not just thrown out (and even then, the people who do the hands-on part of the recycling get sick a lot if they don't have adequate protection). If you shoot it up and it shatters... not so good.
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Coming from an IT guy who has spent years of my life working on computers, about the most hazardous thing you're likely to find in a hard drive is...wait for it...

Lead

There's more lead in a .22LR bullet than in your hard drive. So if it's hazardous to destroy your hard drive at the range...it's more hazardous just to shoot a single round. Just pick up the pieces you have left over, and send them to the recycler.

Having said that, it's a really good idea to destroy a hard drive in someway after you're done with it. There's usually all sorts of personal stuff that can be lifted from a hard drive, even if you've taken the time to "format" it or erase it in someway. And if it's a failed drive, chances are you won't be able to delete the data. There are fairly easy ways to get data off of failed drives.

A 12ga slug does quite a number on hard drives. :D

Oh, and a source for my info...if no one believes me...

http://wdc.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1484/~/how-to-properly-dispose-of-hard-drives
 
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