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Gaming 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.com)
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[–] 10 points 2 months ago (1 child)

Have you ever shot at brick or stone? Yeah, the right caliber will go right through, but it's not flying through with near the same velocity as through drywall, paint, and dreams , the stuff my walls are made of right now.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I didn't say different materials don't do anything, but yeah, a lot of rifle calibers are going through brick. Especially hunting calibers, of which there are a LOT here.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I can't say for sure, I only shoot skeet and wood targets on dirt/ground-backed hills.

    But https://www.atomicdefense.com/blogs/news/can-bullets-go-through-brick seems to say: "Heavier rounds such as a 7.62x39mm or .308 rifle may penetrate the walls of a brick-veneered house, but it is not likely"

    I could imagine a higher caliber hunting round going through a brick wall when pointed at it, but it should be rare to have a high caliber rifle loaded with high caliber rounds off-safety and able to be misfired by a child/dog/freak accident.

    And in the UK, that's just pretty much too impossibly rare to be occurring. The likelihood is higher here, but god I wish it wasn't

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  • [–] 3 points 2 months ago

    I saw that link too, but there's plenty of footage online that demonstrate brick will not stop everything.

    I don't think a high caliber rifle is less likely to be negligently discharged than any other caliber. In the US a lot of people own hunting rifles. I don't know the stats compared to other types of firearms, but I feel like that or a hunting shotgun would be the most pervasive, and thus statistically most likely to be used in an incident like this. That's just an educated guess though, I may be off base on that one.

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