[TML] [OT] One for Gun Safty

[shadow at shadowgard.com]

On 10 Oct 2007 at 17:19, Leon Wu wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: tml-bounces at travellercentral.com [mailto:tml-
> > bounces at travellercentral.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Jackson
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2007 5:19 PM
> > To: The Traveller Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [TML] [OT] One for Gun Safty
> > 
> > Bruce Johnson wrote:
> > >
> > > Channeling that barrel-sized column of compressed air into his ear
> > > canal could have an effect little different from the bullet's in
> fact.
> > 
> > People do occasionally get killed by blanks, though even then I think
> > it's solids that cause the damage. Compressed air isn't terribly
> > dangerous, though you'd probably get a burst eardrum.
> 
> Well a gun loaded with blanks killed Brandon Lee (though that was in
> part to a previous round stuck in the barrel so I'm reaching here) 

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382149/bio

Jon-Erik Hexum killed himself with a blank. The mere muzzle blast 
from a .44 is dangerous at close range.


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Leonard Erickson (aka shadow)
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