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[turtle553]

They probably only had one book.

 

[HStallion]

They should have probably tried testing out whether a book can stop a Desert Eagle bullet from a foot away before trying it with a person standing behind said book.

 

[D6AMIA6N]

A Desert Eagle shoots a .50 round, at least similarly sized to the one shown below (on the far left).
A book could conceivable stop a low caliber bullet like a .22, but not a .50 round.

I'm no gun expert, but this is not correct. The bullet looks nothing like that.

 

[Dynomutt]

You out chea taking .50 calibers to the chest for 150 subs?

Bout that life...I think.

 

[WeAreStarStuff]

I can't believe the absurdity of it all.

I guess a lot of people didn't read the article, because it looks like they had shot a book before:

Perez told authorities that Ruiz eventually "convinced" her to shoot the book he was holding.

She said that he had showed her a different book which the bullet did not go through.

So I guess they had shot a dif. book previously and it had stopped a bullet? I don't know...I just can't imagine how dumb some people can be.

 

[Nightbird]

Imagine getting punched by Mike Tyson swinging at five thousand miles per hour while he's wearing the Infinity Gauntlet.

A Desert Eagle shoots a .50 round, at least similarly sized to the one shown below (on the far left).
A book could conceivable stop a low caliber bullet like a .22, but not a .50 round.

What the fuck.

What kind of book were they expecting to stop it?

That one?

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

A Desert Eagle shoots a .50 round, at least similarly sized to the one shown below (on the far left).
A book could conceivable stop a low caliber bullet like a .22, but not a .50 round.

I mean I am not a gun expert but I'm 90% certain the round on the far left is from a big-ass rifle and not a pistol. Desert Eagle is powerful but its still a pistol.

 

[toxicgonzo]

I'm no gun expert, but this is not correct. The bullet looks nothing like that.

That's not the type of round a DE fires. The caliber is only one part of what determines the force of a bullet anyway.

Ah, nevermind then.

 

[ChainedMaster]

A Desert Eagle shoots a .50 round, at least similarly sized to the one shown below (on the far left).
A book could conceivable stop a low caliber bullet like a .22, but not a .50 round.

No it's not even close to that size dude...

 

[bunbun777]

William S Burroughs shot his wife in the head, missing the apple by just this much...

 

[VariantX]

If your wondering the fucking power of DE...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkgO02Uy5U

This is what it does to fucking watermelons...

What watermelons?

 

[Superflat]

Jesus

.50 cal bullet vs a book.

How the FUCK do u bet on the book.

I don't know guns at all but just from pop culture I could tell you that near nothing will save you from a point blank Deagle.

 

[Sub_Level]

holy shit, that's a big ass bullet. Where does a 9mm fall in there?

edit: maybe false?

50 cal ae (pistol round) is different than 50 cal bmg (rifle/machine gun round)

 

[TAJ]

A Desert Eagle shoots a .50 round, at least similarly sized to the one shown below (on the far left).
A book could conceivable stop a low caliber bullet like a .22, but not a .50 round.

No.
The far left is what most people think of when they hear .50 but it's .50 BMG. .50 AE is much, much smaller.
The one in the middle here is what she used.

 

[perfectchaos007]

It would be even more sad if the book they used was the Bible. "Jesus will protect me"

 

[Superflat]

No it's not even close to that size dude...

Yeah it's more this

 

[HellforLeather]

They should have probably tried testing out whether a book can stop a Desert Eagle bullet from a foot away before trying it with a person standing behind said book.

To be fair, Desert Eagle rounds cost about $3 each and books can run into the 10s of dollars.....

 

[Yoshimitsu126]

Is there a Darwin Award of the Year OT?

 

[W1SSY]

Perez told authorities that Ruiz eventually "convinced" her to shoot the book he was holding.

She said that he had showed her a different book which the bullet did not go through.

I find this very hard to believe.

 

[Nowise10]

Watched some of their videos and it is sad their daughter isn't going to have a father or mother anymore.

Multiple lives are ruined. Real messed up situation. I don't understand how two people could think doing that was a good idea.

 

[NealMcCauley]

If your wondering the fucking power of DE...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkgO02Uy5U

This is what it does to fucking watermelons...

Jesus christ that stupid idiot. Guy probably has a hole in his chest his daughter could crawl through.

 

[GraveRobberX]

What watermelons?

Those historical ones

Also you would need a bullet proof vest that's like 50-60 layers deep just for it to not penetrate you, but still fuck you up on the inside

 

[Dreavus]

This is terrible. I don't know anything about guns but TEST this before you do it, holy shit.

 

[Dude Abides]

Yo Monalisa, can I get a date on Friday, and if you're busy, I wouldn't mind getting shot on Saturday-ay-ay.

 

[Slacker]

Watching one of their old videos and man, I know I'm not the target demo, but talk about the most uninteresting people in the world talking about the most uninteresting things possible.

And about every kid I know around my son's (elementary school) age dreams about being a YouTube star. Parents need to parent hard when it comes to stuff like this. I imagine the people who make it big like this couple was hoping to do is a infinitesimal percentage of youtubers as a whole. Expectations need to be set.

As I'm typing this with their video on in the background, I hear them talking about "imagine when we have 300,000 subscribers" and how they'd be recognized everywhere they go. Then they started talking to a couple of eight-year-olds about their channel, saying they'd write down the name for them. Good grief.

 

[soundscream]

I don't know anything about Guns, is that one powerful?

 

[mamoui]

He's ineligible. (She's pregnant.)

They also have a 3 years old girl.

 

[Slayven]

Jesus Christ, i am surprised that much stupidity didn't collapse into a singularity

 

[Dynomutt]

Yo Monalisa, can I get a date on Friday, and if you're busy, I wouldn't mind getting shot on Saturday-ay-ay.

Round up the posse, .50 cal coming around the way-ay-ay.

 

[Sandoval]

What book is going to stop a Desert Eagle. C'mon, son.

An omnibus version of The Wheel of Time series?

 

[Undrey]

Ah this is horrifying. And stupid.

Just imagine being in her position and realising that he's dead.

This is assuming they actually are dumb and not her wanting to kill her boyfriend.

 

[M52B28]

I mean, it's tragic and all, but a .50 AE round will go through most books lol.

Idiots.

 

[Flo_Evans]

A Desert Eagle shoots a .50 round, at least similarly sized to the one shown below (on the far left).
A book could conceivable stop a low caliber bullet like a .22, but not a .50 round.

No, that is a .50 rifle round.

Caliber has nothing to do with power of a projectile. Its simply the diameter. Its the speed and weight that you would need to calculate.

Desert eagle round has much less gunpowder and weight than a .50 rifle round.

Muzzle energy is around 1500lbs vs.11,000lbs for the rifle round. Still near the top of handguns but not much more powerful than .44 magnum or any other high power handgun round.

 

[Catdaddy]

Wow, natural selection in action.

 

[darscot]

Even if the book stopped the bullet the book being blown through his chest might have been an issue.

 

[Mark L]

Truly saddened by this.

 

[see5harp]

Don't you do a trial version first?

 

[Pinko Marx]

The savagery in this thread is too real.

 

[ColdPizza]

If your wondering the fucking power of DE...

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YRkgO02Uy5U

This is what it does to fucking watermelons...

A modern day Gallagher

 

[Kaiser Swayze]

I mean, even if the guy was wearing some kind of armor that could actually stop the bullet, there's a good chance the concussion alone could have stopped his heart.

 

[ghostofsparta]

this tweet is a little too convenient for this conspiracy theorist

 

[Txαi]

There are other ways to increase your views other than trying really stupid shit.

 

[TAJ]

this tweet is a little too convenient for this conspiracy theorist

Wow, she must be taking notes from Trump.
Guilty.

 

[CountAntonius]

Two lives ruined because of this. I feel for then both if it was truly accidental.

 

[Wereroku]

This is a $1500-$1700. How could you possibly drop that much cash on something and not know it can easily shoot through a book.

A larger bullet doesn't necessarily mean more penetration. It comes down to the powder charge, shape, weight, composition of the bullet and rigidity of the target. Larger bullets with the same powder charge as a narrower one will penetrate less due to the larger cross section.

I'd imagine they tested it with a free standing book and most of the bullet force was lost throwing the book back. When he held it to his chest the full impact and little movement of the book allowed it to pierce more deeply.

That is if they even tested it in the first place. Either way stupid as hell to do.

There is a 7 year old video on youtube showing a desert eagle almost penetrating 2 phone books. I don't think a single book of any size would stand a chance.

 

[Javaman]

A larger bullet doesn't necessarily mean more penetration. It comes down to the powder charge, shape, weight, composition of the bullet and rigidity of the target. Larger bullets with the same powder charge as a narrower one will penetrate less due to the larger cross section.

I'd imagine they tested it with a free standing book and most of the bullet force was lost throwing the book back. When he held it to his chest the full impact and little movement of the book allowed it to pierce more deeply.

That is if they even tested it in the first place. Either way stupid as hell to do.

 

[DemiMatt]

Poor guy, but I pity the woman too. The notion that someone would even think this to be a good idea, much less two people... It's astounding.

GoFundMe inbound? I'm really curious what book they owned that they thought would have stopped a gun, let alone a DE round.

 

[MisterAnderson]

What the fuck... It doesn't matter if that was for 150 million subs, that's just fucking stupid. Four lives fucked for no reason.

You read that wrong...it was only for 150 subs.

 

[zeemumu]

I've seen videos of gun-enthusiasts who wouldn't even risk getting shot while wearing a bulletproof vest and yet they attempted this stunt WITH A BOOK AND A .50 CAL?!

Did they just assume that it'd work for them because it worked for Teddy Roosevelt?


Didn't even give it a test run first?

 

[Beartruck]

I once saw a .30cal rifle bullet blow a footwide hole in a bandana from downrange on a range. There were mere scraps left. This was a .50 cal bullet from a foot away. Suffice to say, this will be a closed casket funeral.