TheSecondSpitter
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Teen charged with killing her boyfriend during a failed YouTube stunt
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No winners here. He apparently "tested" his stunt by firing at a bookshelf and it didn't penetrate the first book. He deemed this "test" was good enough to take the ill conceived stunt live, and by all accounts kept pressuring her to do it (one would assume reassuring her that he did a "test" and everything would be fine). The book was a hardcover encyclopedia.
On no planet is justice served by prosecuting her for a felony. She and her children will be paying for this the rest of their lives.
On no planet is justice served by prosecuting her for a felony. She and her children will be paying for this the rest of their lives.
And in addition to that they already have a daughter
TheRedSnifit
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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.
Edit: Disregard, as others have pointed out, this is the wrong bullet
I know you've been corrected on this already, but come on. It literally tells you under the bullet that it's for a BMG.
Like, this is a .50 revolver "loaded" with .50 BMG:
EDIT:
Behold, the .50 BMG desert eagle:
and the .50 BMG revolver:
Jaguar Victory
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RIP you dummy. A Desert Eagle smdh..
Annnnnd this is why people should not have easy access to such powerful life destroying weapons as guns. Some people are just fucking stupid. Like idiotic to the core.
Chasing fame so hard they thought this was even remotely a viable idea. Seems like they thought about it for about 3 seconds and just went "yeah, let's try it".
I despair. Hope that kid gets adopted out and never finds out how depressingly idiotic his parents were.
Chasing fame so hard they thought this was even remotely a viable idea. Seems like they thought about it for about 3 seconds and just went "yeah, let's try it".
I despair. Hope that kid gets adopted out and never finds out how depressingly idiotic his parents were.
I disagree. I'm completely anti-gun, but these people were stupid fame chasers. If it wasn't a gun, it would have been jumping off a high building or setting themselves on fire.
Acidote
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Or if there's the word "REPLICA" written on the side of your gun.
I couldn't stop thinking about the Snatch scene while reading this.
Deaf Spacker
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How dumb do you have to be to think that this would be a good idea?
I don't see any book covering them.
Acidote
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFKotz4ur50
As always with youtube it's best not to look at the comments.
TheContact
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God damn I feel bad for this family. Yes they are fucking idiots but it says she had her first kid at 15 that can't be easy
A DE can take out a car engine I'm not sure why they thought a book would stop it. RIP
A DE can take out a car engine I'm not sure why they thought a book would stop it. RIP
gunstarhero
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How to stop a bullet
Forerunner
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Ya, there is no way a book is going to even slow down a .50. Even when they test body armor it's generally rated for at least 5 meters away. The level IIIA is supposed to be able to stop a .44. So that would be somewhat compared about to it.
MilkyJoe
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The Origin of Species
Moose Biscuits
It would be extreamly painful...
I know you've been corrected on this already, but come on. It literally tells you under the bullet that it's for a BMG.
Like, this is a .50 revolver "loaded" with .50 BMG:
There are a couple of .50 BMG pistols out there, but they're typically one-offs either as tech demonstrators or made because they can, damnit. (the best reason)
Like the Thunder .50 BMG, meant as a concept to show off the manufacturer's recoil dampening tech (since otherwise fitting a 50BMG round unsupported would pulverise your wrist):
djplaeskool
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Im sorry, how high do you have to be too think shooting someone from a foot away, with a god damn desert eagle of all armaments, would be ok??? Even with the utmost care and supervision, that's unbelievably dangerous
ryutaro's mama
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People who think Elmer Fudd shooting Daffy Duck from the same distance is based on real world applications.
Stiflers Mom
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PhantomX1313
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People are fucking mental nowadays
thiscoldblack
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It's incredible what people do for more YouTube views.
Aces&Eights
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Shame they were so young. If a bit older they would have played Rainbow 6 and known that a DE is a one shot hand cannon.
TheJollyCorner
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We all have things we look back on when we were younger and regret. Stupid decisions, foolish words, woeful accidents that were learning lessons of "well shit... I'll never do THAT again."
Now imagine this girl in her 40s thinking about "when I had that one boyfriend who wanted me to shoot a book in front of his chest with a .50 cal Double Eagle hand cannon and it killed him".
Jesus Christ...
Now imagine this girl in her 40s thinking about "when I had that one boyfriend who wanted me to shoot a book in front of his chest with a .50 cal Double Eagle hand cannon and it killed him".
Jesus Christ...
TheLetdown
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If you're going to try this, at least use an Ayn Rand novel. Not because of thickness, but because nobody can get through that unreadable slop she put out.
But this is kinda sad, here. It's truly a lose-lose situation that shouldn't have happened.
But this is kinda sad, here. It's truly a lose-lose situation that shouldn't have happened.
It's not just her boyfriend, he's the father of her kids
TheJollyCorner
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LizardKing
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I completely agree with this. No reason to prosecute, it only creates victims here of people who are feeling enough grief and regret as it is. It will only destroy more lives. Manslaughter should be reserved for people who were not a willing participant in the stupidity.
He was a grown adult who willingly consented to the idiotic thing that got him killed.
polyh3dron
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a fucking desert eagle?
I'm nothing close to a gun expert and still know that was dumb.
I'm nothing close to a gun expert and still know that was dumb.
There are a couple of .50 BMG pistols out there, but they're typically one-offs either as tech demonstrators or made because they can, damnit. (the best reason)
Like the Thunder .50 BMG, meant as a concept to show off the manufacturer's recoil dampening tech (since otherwise fitting a 50BMG round unsupported would pulverise your wrist):
That looks like a Super Scope
That would make too much sense for two people that agreed to perform such a stunt.
Fallout-NL
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There are a couple of .50 BMG pistols out there, but they're typically one-offs either as tech demonstrators or made because they can, damnit. (the best reason)
Like the Thunder .50 BMG, meant as a concept to show off the manufacturer's recoil dampening tech (since otherwise fitting a 50BMG round unsupported would pulverise your wrist):
I want this for home defense.
CambriaRising
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You wouldn't have any house left after firing that inside.
Or hearing, for that matter.
This, uh... well, you see... a 'teenager' or 'teen' is so-called because the number of their age ends in 'teen'. The number 'nineteen' ends in 'teen'.
Honestly I must be misunderstanding what you're getting at here.
because you'd be an adult at age 18
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