# Hot Gun Barrels Burn People **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 14, 2012, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850 "2012-02-14T20:45:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/61 "2012-02-17T04:38:17Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > :smack: > > Heh. Well, never underestimate the stupidity of people. (Like I’ve always said, I’m not against guns. Just stupid people with guns) I concur. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/62 "2012-02-17T08:52:54Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Personally, I view this as a War Story, like the one Father told about McArthur’s radio operator on his private B-17 leaving the antenna reeled out and the radio being yanked through the fuselage upon landing in New Guinea. _Nobody_ is that stupid. > If it is true, the guy could still move tanks like hell. Oh, it happened. D’Este’s biography on Patton is extremely well researched and documented, and IMHO the best bio on Patton that’s been written. The desription of the event can be found on pg 160 [here](http://www.amazon.com/Patton-Genius-War-Carlo-DEste/dp/0060927623#reader_0060927623). Just search on the word trouser, it’s the first hit. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/63 "2012-02-17T21:11:23Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > Just search on the word trouser, it’s the first hit. Actually, wouldn’t it have been a miss? ---
**Author:** ![Patch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Patch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patch)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/64 "2012-02-18T17:37:35Z")
> [@JBDivmstr](#): > > (3) IMHO, getting _ **both of 'em** _ with _only one shot_, (without inflicting a fatal wound in the process) is nigh on impossible. :dubious: I’d expect the muzzle blast of a contact shot, especially for the larger calibers, can inflict enough soft tissue damage to make sure both fellas have a bad day. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/65 "2012-02-18T18:24:38Z")
> [@zombywoof](#): > > I’ll add the classic American [Ruger .22](http://www.cowboyneeds.com/gunx_ruger22target.jpg). American, eh! I would have assumed that was a Japanese gun. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/66 "2012-02-18T19:27:13Z")
Amusing, instructive article: [5 Ridiculous Gun Myths Everyone Believes (Thanks to Movies)](http://www.cracked.com/article_18576_5-ridiculous-gun-myths-everyone-believes-thanks-to-movies.html) ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/67 "2012-02-18T19:57:18Z")
I have heard that some kinds of elite training include having the trainee hold the barrel of a gun fired by someone else, to help dispel the conception that you can not touch the opponent’s gun in a close-quarters firefight. The way they tell it, most people are reluctant to touch the opponent’s gun, and will try to struggle with the wrists and arm of the opponent to point the gun in a different direction, but of course you could get a lot more leverage by just grabbing the barrel and moving it aside. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [February 18, 2012, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/68 "2012-02-18T21:48:32Z")
> [@njtt](#): > > American, eh! I would have assumed that was a Japanese gun. 😃 Ruger developed it from examining a Japanese pistol. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2012, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/69 "2012-02-19T05:27:27Z")
> [@Patch](#): > > I’d expect the muzzle blast of a contact shot, especially for the larger calibers, can inflict enough soft tissue damage to make sure both fellas have a bad day. Without a doubt! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![handsomeharry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9c0ed/32.png) [@handsomeharry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/handsomeharry)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850/70 "2012-02-21T18:52:31Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > I just burned my hand on the barrel of an MP5 last week. (Went shooting while we were in Vegas). I admit, I wore the burn with some pride, but man, it hurt - and i only touched it for a second. I would say that if you stick an MP5 in your pants, you should be exempt from carrying a holster. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-gun-barrels-burn-people/612850.md?page=3)