Thread: Darwin award

And the Darwin goes to...

Woman fatally shoots boyfriend in YouTube stunt - CNN.com

Seriously,. 50 cal from a foot away... Wow

Never fired a pistol but you tube gives a few good ideas of how this would turn out... Guess they don't look at other people videos

Fu*k Me

I've fire a 50cal Desert Eagle plenty of times.

A book ain't gonna stop that at two feet that's for sure.

cheers
Pete

There was another video doing the rounds a while back, guy puts a "bulletproof" vest on and tells his mate to shoot him with a glock, mate obliges, shoots him, they both laugh although the guy that got shot is obviously in a bit of pain, he obviously thought it was just the impact of the bullet that hurt, then he flops on the ground...

Darwin needs to up his game imo.

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Well they won't do that again will they! Should have read that instruction book on how to use the desert eagle.
Shooting the book I'm sure is not in the instructions

I read the story, all to make a name for themselves as You Tube stars, the idea was crazy to start with but when I got to the part of using a Desert Eagle .50 at 2 feet away I did notice a grin spread across my face.
Totally nuts, how they ever thought this stunt would end well is beyond me.

I see dumb people

But in the Movies thats what happens!

Ha @stug you beat me to it

Yep remember seeing an American casualty show.
They brought in some young punk that had a total look of surprise on his face and was screaming that it hurt....oh it hurts.
Turned out he thought tat like in the movies you could get up and walk away with a flesh wound once shot
Really dumb?
Our just stupid

thats so so sad, hope it wasn't a good book

Originally Posted by chindit

thats so so sad, hope it wasn't a good book

Reminds me of publicised stories from WW1 of soldiers saved by their pocket bibles stopping rifle bullets. Those "bullet stopping pocket bible" stories were also thoroughly perpetuated to underline how God was clearly on our side against the evil, baby-eating Germans.

No good book will stop a rifle bullet fired at combat distances. Ricochets and shrapnel are of course a different matter.

I suspect some misunderstanding could have lingered from such stories and thus contributed to this stupid "accident".

Originally Posted by Cordite

Reminds me of publicised stories from WW1 of soldiers saved by their pocket bibles stopping rifle bullets. Those "bullet stopping pocket bible" stories were also thoroughly perpetuated to underline how God was clearly on our side against the evil, baby-eating Germans.

No good book will stop a rifle bullet fired at combat distances. Ricochets and shrapnel are of course a different matter.

I suspect some misunderstanding could have lingered from such stories and thus contributed to this stupid "accident".

It is always necessary to know the distance factor. I am sure even a smallish book could stop a 8 mm projectile at sufficient distance or after a ricochet. BUT he would have had to hold a number of phone books to stop a 50 AE at less than a meter. I built a range for a forensics lab once, using phone books. No problem stopping 7.62x39 at 1 m in one phone book BUT we used to layer the books end on so they didn't shred too quickly.

Not sure it's now a holly one though

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