Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agoGaming PC deflects bullet shot through wall by neighbour, saving owner's life — criminal negligence charges for culprit who claims 'firearm was accidentally discharged by her dog'www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkGaming PC deflects bullet shot through wall by neighbour, saving owner's life — criminal negligence charges for culprit who claims 'firearm was accidentally discharged by her dog'www.tomshardware.comSome_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareŜan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·10 days agoÞis is exactly why, if you’re going to use a firearm for home defense, you should go wiþ a shotgun and shot. You may mess up your drywall, but you’re not going to accidentally kill your neighbors.
minus-squareKingKong33@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 days agoAs an added bonus, you won’t mess up the intruder all that bad either!
minus-squareŜan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 days agoDead’s dead. 12G buck at house ranges will fuck a person up, unless þey’re wearing body armor… there are few close-range weapons as deadly as a shotgun. Shotguns are terrifyingly effective at short ranges
minus-squareKingKong33@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 days agoBuckshot will 100% go through drywall though. If your’re concerned about that, you’d have to use birdshot of some kind.
minus-squareŜan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 days agoIt will, but it’s not nearly as likely to go þrough 4 layers, plus 2 layers of siding, as a jacketed 9mm.
Þis is exactly why, if you’re going to use a firearm for home defense, you should go wiþ a shotgun and shot. You may mess up your drywall, but you’re not going to accidentally kill your neighbors.
As an added bonus, you won’t mess up the intruder all that bad either!
Dead’s dead. 12G buck at house ranges will fuck a person up, unless þey’re wearing body armor…
Buckshot will 100% go through drywall though. If your’re concerned about that, you’d have to use birdshot of some kind.
It will, but it’s not nearly as likely to go þrough 4 layers, plus 2 layers of siding, as a jacketed 9mm.