So what if your bullet does go through a wall?

[pax]

Yeah, so what if it goes through a wall ...?

A post from one of my best buddies:

http://www.thefiringline.com/forums/showpost.php?p=810175&postcount=82

Marnie, my high-school sweetheart, and my best friend's sister, was killed by an AD. She was at home lying in bed reading a book. Her nine month old son was lying in the bed next to her. Her husband was in the living room watching TV.

Across the street in a different apartment complex, a young man was excitedly playing with his brand new AR14. With some foolish lack of thought, he chambered a round and for some reason even he couldn't explain, pulled the trigger. The bullet went through his wall, across the street, through the wall of her bedroom and into Marnie's brain. It killed her instantly. The baby wasn't hurt. Not directly anyway.

For a moment of stupidity, the young man spent time in jail and will never be allowed to own a gun again for the rest of his life. Marnie's husband and child both lost even more.

pax

 

[pfch1977]

Now I didnt mean just any bullet. Of course, a rifle is not meant for home use.

This brings back one of my original posts where I asserted the CX4 storm would be the ideal home defense weapon.

Usually when I fire off a .40 caliber pistol, I feel as if I am on the deck of the USS New Jersey when a big 16 incher is going off. Lots of flash and bang.

However, the .40 coming from a long barrel is much more satsifying.

Check out this youtube video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4e2d-MznC9M


Look at how smooth of a operation this is when cooking off some rounds. Not much kick and jiggle from the long gun. Not much flash and bang as if your firing a civil war musket.

 

[DRD]

A number of years ago, a neighbor's 12 year old son got ahold of his .22 rifle on Saturday morning when daddy wasn't home.
The kid fired a .22LR at a bird, in flight. The bullet punched through the siding on the house next to me, and continued through the insulation and inside drywall. It then crossed through the kitchen, went through an inside wall (total of 2 layers of drywall) and finally embedded in the drywall at the far side of the living room.
Fortunately, no one was home.