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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:05 PM Original message |
Here's the Damage a "PELLET" Gun can do |
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donsu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
1. Miami TV reporter showed the pellets and they are bigger then a bb |
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5X (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:15 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. They aren't bigger than a bb unless you are shooting |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 05:48 PM Response to Reply #6 |
63. He was using 7.5 according to the Fish & Game report |
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TexasLawyer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. bb's are shot using air |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #17 |
25. BB is a real size of shot - it's between Buck and birdshot |
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Indy Lurker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:52 PM Response to Reply #1 |
22. How ever long that may be. N/T |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 05:24 PM Response to Reply #1 |
60. As far as i know the largest shot available for the 28 is # 6 |
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threadkillaz (453 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 08:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
66. Corpus Christi News Video of .28 Gauge Shotgun Demo |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
2. a .28 gauge is a lethal weapon |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
18. Depending how close the guy was to Cheney........ |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #18 |
48. .28 gauge at 30 yards can kill |
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TaleWgnDg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 08:30 PM Response to Reply #18 |
65. "who the hell would want to be in his hunting party?" . . . |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
3. A good pic of a 28 gauge shotgun--er, "pellet gun": |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:13 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. I've seen you post this several times. Please continue to do so. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:17 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I have to leave to teach a class... |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:23 PM Response to Reply #8 |
42. How about this Vid? |
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Paulie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:24 PM Response to Reply #8 |
51. How about this Vid (try two) |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:43 PM Response to Reply #51 |
57. Nice post! |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
56. you know had it been Al Gore there would be many photos |
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soup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
34. Thank you, janx! |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:37 PM Response to Reply #3 |
35. Someone should send that pic to Hannity. |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
5. good - this is what I've been wondering |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:21 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. It sure puts the lie to that nonsense about gravity at work, doesn't it? |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 05:27 PM Response to Reply #5 |
61. spread could have been much larger |
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enki23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 06:25 PM Response to Reply #5 |
64. depends on the gun |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
7. that image doesn't tell me anything - what is the scale? |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:19 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Probably about the size of a large dinner plate. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:23 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. From the site, the outer ring appears to be 30" diameter |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:48 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. Then that's too big |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. It is 15" radius, indicating that Whittington could have been hit |
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Hobarticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
9. Again, basic ignorance of the media...Google's a wonderful thing, ABC!!! |
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xxqqqzme (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
11. I guess 'pellets' R what compassionate conservatives |
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LizW (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. Is each little "dot" a pellet? |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. yes, each dot 1 pellet. |
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janx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:25 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. YES. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:49 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. Yes he was |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:51 PM Response to Original message |
21. After examining the picture, there appear to be about 30-40 pellets |
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ClintonTyree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. The press conference doctor just said........ |
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pinniped (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:35 PM Original message |
That's more than I heard yesterday. |
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txindy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:16 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. The doctors orig. said he has about 100 pellets left in him. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
55. I read on another site Whittington had about 200 shots in him |
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demo dutch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
23. I bet that they were drinking!!!! |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:08 PM Response to Original message |
26. That looks like a modified or full choke to me. |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:21 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Very good points... |
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No DUplicitous DUpe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. "...he was a helluva lot closer than 30 yards!" I don't know how |
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Stephanie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #26 |
37. Ah! So it IS a lie! |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:49 PM Response to Reply #26 |
40. Absolutely. |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:30 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. I suspect the pellet traveled through a vein to the heart |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:43 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. I though so too. Early reports indicated this.... |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:45 PM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Ahhhh, interesting. I hadn't heard that. |
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hunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
46. "Now I understand why Cheney doesn't use bird dogs... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:02 PM Response to Reply #46 |
47. As a dog-lover (especially retrievers), I had to imagine them running for |
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Ino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:26 PM Response to Original message |
29. photo of gunshot victim |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:27 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I don't think that's a person... look at the "shine" on the skin... |
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DemInDistress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:38 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. thanks for that education about buck and birdshots and all |
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RobertSeattle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
32. Guns don't kill people... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 08:36 PM Response to Reply #32 |
67. Unless you hit someone with the butt of the gun. really hard. maybe |
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hexola (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:30 PM Response to Original message |
33. Whos saying it was a "pellet gun"? Nobody is THAT stupid! |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:40 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. As has been observed here: |
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TX-RAT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 05:33 PM Response to Reply #39 |
62. bb's are a shot size, they measure .177 |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. Here's a specific post here at DU about this topic |
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Ino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 02:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. I don't think it's a dummy |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 03:20 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Can't tell for sure, but it appears to be a closer range shot as well |
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Che_Nuevara (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
49. All of these analyses are assuming |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:35 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. Where are these assumptions you are talking about...??? |
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Che_Nuevara (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:38 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. for example, posts 5 and 12 |
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berni_mccoy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-14-06 04:39 PM Response to Reply #53 |
54. #5 makes no such claim and #12 is asking a question. |
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