Freedom1Man
Regular Member
One lady is building some sort of head protector/binder for children. It was talked about making it into a "bullet proof" shield, because of "ALL THE SCHOOL SHOOTINGS."
I said "What school shootings? Those are VERY rare, so rare why worry about them? Arm the teachers if there is a worry..."
Another person said, "Earthquakes are rare."
I said, "Earthquakes happen all the time!"
Another guy piped up and said that, "I know you don't watch TV but there is another school shooting every 2 weeks."
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Issues:
1. Has there been a rash of school shootings that have gone unreported or something? When I tried to look into I could not find anywhere near 1 every month much less 1 ever 2 weeks. Did I miss something?
2. How is a "bullet proof" shield going to help a 75# child? Assuming that the attacker did use an AR15 with a FV (just before impact) of 2500fts and a bullet weight of 55 grains the foot pounds of force would be 763.2ftpds. If a child got hit by that, even without penetration, would that not knock them off their feet? Would that not disable them?
Please, share your thoughts, I am missing something or are my classmates idiots when it comes to guns?
I said "What school shootings? Those are VERY rare, so rare why worry about them? Arm the teachers if there is a worry..."
Another person said, "Earthquakes are rare."
I said, "Earthquakes happen all the time!"
Another guy piped up and said that, "I know you don't watch TV but there is another school shooting every 2 weeks."
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Issues:
1. Has there been a rash of school shootings that have gone unreported or something? When I tried to look into I could not find anywhere near 1 every month much less 1 ever 2 weeks. Did I miss something?
2. How is a "bullet proof" shield going to help a 75# child? Assuming that the attacker did use an AR15 with a FV (just before impact) of 2500fts and a bullet weight of 55 grains the foot pounds of force would be 763.2ftpds. If a child got hit by that, even without penetration, would that not knock them off their feet? Would that not disable them?
Please, share your thoughts, I am missing something or are my classmates idiots when it comes to guns?