What are the Dumbest Weapons? (hexbear.net)

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I gotta go with nunchuks. Anything you sling around on a chain seems silly to me. It seems like nunchuks are only good weapons against the unarmed. Anyone else has more range, usually something sharp in play and there isn't a limp chain in the middle reducing the force of your strikes.

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[-] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

Let me introduce you to US Patent #1183492A Albert Pratt's Helmet Gun.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

OK, I think you cam take the prize

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I mean there is a helmet that's even stupider, or perhaps just more tragic.

WARNING: Extremely NSFL - features a device built for self-harm.

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Back in the 1970s, a troubled but mechanically inclined youth built this macabre "weapon." It featured 8 short metal tubes affixed to a crude helmet. Each contained a shotgun shell. Each shell was then wired to an arc welder. At the flick of a switch, 8 shotgun shells activated simultaneously, aimed directly at the inventor's head. The kid really, really wanted to make sure he didn't survive this. So he built a device to shoot himself point-blank with 8 shotguns simultaneously.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I like how it has a spike on top so you can do a running headbutt if the gun misses

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