Worst Gun Myths Ever
and by "worst" i mean how does anyone actually believe them. the best one ever....and i have heard it alot.....is "an unloaded gun can still fire a bullet". this belief has also extended to toy guns. i always wonder how these things get started and how people continue to perpetuate them
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An unloaded AK lying on the floor of your closet is the most dangerous weapon in the world. 0 -
A bayonet lug, pistol grip, folding stock and flash hider make bullets far more dangerous than those fired from hunting rifles. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by SteyrAUG
A bayonet lug, pistol grip, folding stock and flash hider make bullets far more dangerous than those fired from hunting rifles.
good one.0 -
GUNS KILL PEOPLE!![:0] 0 -
Let's just post photos of Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer, and use 'em for dart boards. After all, they are the gun experts who generated most of these myths.
Here's another one: exposing young boys to guns will make them violent.0 -
Criminals, who are by definition "law breakers", will make an exception when it comes to gun control laws. 0 -
WD40 will ruin a gun 0 -
this one nerd was convinced that "M16's are the most powerful rifle there is! ...because the Marines use them!"
(...idiot...)0 -
quote:Originally posted by buschmaster
this one nerd was convinced that "M16's are the most powerful rifle there is! ...because the Marines use them!"
(...idiot...)
However a marine and his rifle, is the most dangerous weapon in the world!0 -
i agree with "guns kill people" beacuase with out guns we would use knives, clubs, cars, bare fists if necessary 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Civil Rights
..."worst" ....is "an unloaded gun can still fire a bullet".
I don't see that as a myth, I see that as a perpetuation of the rule that you should always treat every gun as though it is loaded.
Ben0 -
Guns aren't dangerous Liberals are[:D][}:)] 0 -
"If all the guns were gone, this world would be a much better place!" 0 -
the color black makes it "evil" 0 -
worst myth ?
..gun control means less crime
...registration of guns means people wont use guns for crime
...if you have a system where you have to have a gun licence to have guns it stops people with a criminal history or people with mental ilness from getting guns
...if all guns are banned there will be no more robberies or murders or domestic violence
...if you have guns you are a potential mass murderer...
...the list goes on and on and on...
...and every gun owner in my country hears things like this every day from ignorant people and worst of all from ignorant stinking politicians!...0 -
quote:Originally posted by fshfndr
Guns aren't dangerous Liberals are[:D][}:)]
The post was Worst Gun Myths Ever
Maybe your reply should have read..
Guns are dangerous Liberals are our friends..0 -
Glocks can go through a metal detector undetected.[^] 0 -
If people don't have guns then they will be incapable of committing murder. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by cubslover
Glocks can go through a metal detector undetected.[^]
That would be the Glock 2!0 -
So many bad gun myths:
1. Hollowpoint ammunition has magical stopping power.
2. Any handgun has magical stopping power.
3. .44 magnum is most powerful handgun in world (wasn't even true when Dirty Harry said it).
4. Glock (or any common polymer gun) defeats metal detector.
5. Semi-automatic military-APPEARING rifles are
a. commonly used in crimes.
b. have no use in civilian hands
6. Anything to do with "cop-killer" bullets. (IE to my knowledge there has never been a documented case of an American police officer being killed with armor piercing bullets).
7. Anything to do with .50 cal rifles. (IE there has never been a documented case of any violent crime being committed with one in the USA. . .who the heck is going to rob a bank with a four foot long 30 pound $3000 rifle?)
8. Guns are a common cause of accidental deaths in children (as one of many examples, far more kids down in swimming pools every year in the USA).
9. Guns holding 10 rounds are good. . .guns holding 11 or more rounds are bad.
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"The Japs can use our ammunition but we can't use theirs."
"The Germans can use our ammunition but we can't use theirs."
"Only load five chambers in a single action revolver."
"The Japanese service rifle is not a piece of junk."
"The AR is a great service rifle."
"The P08 Luger was a great service pistol."
"A heavy caliber revolver is sufficient for a charging Grizzly or western Black Bear."
"Keep an empty chamber in a carry automatic and on a defensive slide action shotgun."0 -
Hunters don't need to worry about the 2nd amendment. 0 -
A .50 cal will take down a jetliner 4 miles away
Photo removed due to size.0 -
"Glock Perfection" 0 -
quote:Originally posted by v35
"The Japs can use our ammunition but we can't use theirs."
"The Germans can use our ammunition but we can't use theirs."
"Only load five chambers in a single action revolver."
"The Japanese service rifle is not a piece of junk."
"The AR is a great service rifle."
"The P08 Luger was a great service pistol."
"A heavy caliber revolver is sufficient for a charging Grizzly or western Black Bear."
"Keep an empty chamber in a carry automatic and on a defensive slide action shotgun."
Have to disagree w/you on a couple here.
Only 5 rounds in a classic Colt style SA revolver was and is a good safety practice IF you carry it in a holster while riding horseback..
And not all Japanese Arisaka's were junk. In fact MOST of them aren't. While the Arisaka is of plain jane utiltarian design, at the time of WW-2 it was the strongest bolt action rifle action in the world.
The myth was largely started by U.S. troops picking up Japanese trainer rifles from Arsenal stock piles (not battlefield pickup) after the war. Rifles that were intended to be used w/BLANKS ONLY, and clearly marked as such IN JAPANESE. And then attempting to fire live rounds in them w/predictable results.
And to a lessor degree by the "Last Ditch" T-99 Arisaka's that were produced by Japanese cottage industry after the U.S. had bombed Japanese arsenals/Mfg centers. While these late war rifles are obviously of much less quality MFG than the earlier produced rifles and there have been reported failures. It is a very low percentage.
Your statement is akin to saying that ALL 1903 Springfields are junk because some have brittle receivers.0 -
GUNS R BAD 0 -
Only law enforcement and govt. officials should have guns. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by cubslover
Glocks can go through a metal detector undetected.[^]
Only a Glock 7 but they cost more than you make in a month.
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quote:Originally posted by SteyrAUG
quote:Originally posted by cubslover
Glocks can go through a metal detector undetected.[^]
Only a Glock 7 but they cost more than you make in a month.
[:D]
yippie-kai-yay0 -
As someone who plays WWII shooter games, I choose that a scoped Springfield or Mauser can kill a soldier in one shot, whereas you need 2-3 shots to kill same soldier with a Garand of unscoped Mauser [xx(]
Have that BS is just about every computer game I've played, annoying as hell.
side note: I think that the "even an unloaded gun can shoot" phrase is a saying to make rookies treat all firearms as if they were loaded, lest they decide to dryfire an "empty" gun that actually has one in the chamber [V]0
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