Paintball guns are more accurate than real ones...fact!

[Jon S]

According to this quite hilarious video, anyway, which I think it would be wrong not to share:

http://www.abc24.com/mediacenter/?videoId=163027

<3 American sensationalism.

Can we please put the obvious mask thing aside (though someone's bound to bring it up) and just bask in the stupidity?

From this video, it would seem:

• Carjackings are up 57% so it is very very likely that you will be carjacked
• Throwing your keys away and aggravating someone with a gun is a good idea...here's why:
• Carjackers are attracted to keys like candy, and:
• They cannot hit you with a gun, because they will probably be high on crack or drugs!
• Its way hard to hit someone with a gun, paintball experts with accurate paintball guns only hit the reporter once, so you'll be safe.


Ok, so I myself might be exagerating here...it probably is actually quite hard to hit a moving person with a pistol (haven't had the chance to try it myself), but what about the advice of ploughing your car into a busy intersection as a life-saving measure?

Carjackings are way up in the city of Memphis. Between 8:00 p.m. Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning four carjackings were reported in Memphis. So far this year, Memphis police say carjackings are up 57%.

Experts say if the carjacker just wants to take your car, you should cooperate. If the carjacker tries to take you along you need to do everything in your power to get out of the car. The best thing to do is throw your keys, then get out and run.

Regular gun shooter David Zorn said the good news is hitting someone while he or she is running away, especially if he or she doesn’t run in a straight line, is pretty hard. Zorn says, “I have gone to gun shooting ranges and at about 30 feet every once in awhile you completely miss the target which is about 3 feet wide, and that's something that's standing completely still, when you're not nervous or in a bad situation trying to rob somebody, so I know it is very difficult to shoot anybody with a real pistol.”

Experts say if the carjacker does manage to get in the car with you, the best thing to do is actually crash your car. First wait until you get to a busy intersection, then if you're driving, slam into something on purpose. If the carjacker is driving, reach over and grab the wheel to cause the wreck.

If your kids are with you if you are carjacked, safety experts say don't ask the carjacker permission to take them. Assume you are taking the children with you and just start grabbing them. No matter what the carjacker says, don't stop. Just move as quickly as possible.

 

[Skeet]

Hmmm...well 30 feet is 10 meters, which is a normal pistol shooting distance...so if he goes to teh range often, he cant shoot for buttons.

Shooting a moving target, is difficult...but more so if you dont practice it...I regularily shoot rabbits on teh trott, with a rifle.

Video didnt load or anything mate and couldnt see a link?

 

[Jon S]

http://www.abc24.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=D009ED89-6E80-4E6E-90BE-A7973460E9A8
(click the video link)
http://www.abc24.com/mediacenter/?videoId=163027

Do those work for you Skeet?

 

[jahlad]

Hmmm...well 30 feet is 10 meters, which is a normal pistol shooting distance...so if he goes to teh range often, he cant shoot for buttons.

Shooting a moving target, is difficult...but more so if you dont practice it...I regularily shoot rabbits on teh trott, with a rifle.

Video didnt load or anything mate and couldnt see a link?

i was thinking that, if he manages to miss a 3ft wide target at 30 feet then he needs to go to specsavers!!!

poor bunnys!

 

[Rosie]

Haha lovin' the vid - good find!


as for the poor bunnies, threadjack sorry, on the farm I work on they have a huuge rabbit problem & they have to go out every coupla months & kill them with cyanide smoke tablets . Yeah, poor bunnies!
I find it quite ironic that we actually have caged 'petting' rabbits right outside the shop as well....

& you ever been to France? They have skinned rabbits in most supermarkets on the delicatessin thing.

 

[Magic_8ball]

Priceless!

On another point, the guy shooting the gun (didnt see properly, was it a Dm5?) should have been wearing goggles

 

[Rosie]

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[Magic_8ball]

lol dammit - should have read the post properly *shucks*

and it would have to be you to point out my stupidity I got such a hard time on sunday at Dartford from some of the players that had seen the post - apparently its uncanny the resemblance, theyre trying to make me get Jumanji printed on my jersey and roll dice to decide what players to use for a game

No I dont do the masters unfortunately, would like to though. Why do you ask?

 

[Rosie]

I have un-jacked your thread

 

[Buddha 3]

Shooting a moving target, is difficult...but more so if you dont practice it...I regularily shoot rabbits on teh trott, with a rifle.

And therein lies the difference...any idea how much more accurate a rifle is compared to a pistol?
A pistol is designed for man-to-man combat, not for shooting someone at a distance. Rifles are designed to kill up to several hundred yards out.
Simply put: Longer barrel = Higher muzzle velocity = Longer range = Greater accuracy at short distance.
That said, if somebody shoves a pistol through my car window, he can damn well have my car.