Is carrying a CO2 powered BB pistol "the" smart man's alternative in 2014 and beyond?

[Johnny_L.A]

@Lumpy

Link works for me, what are you getting?

@zoid

I get:

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Guru Meditation:

XID: 4244353318
Varnish cache server

^ This.

I got that on my MacBook at home, and on the PC at my office.

[Really_Not_All_That_Bright]

@Bryan_Ekers

If you’d bought it in 1985, plutonium was available in every corner drugstore.

Nah, even then you had to steal it from Libyans.

@Lumpy

Link works for me, what are you getting?

I get the same as zoid.

[Scumpup]

@Johnny_L.A

To clarify my last, I was talking about buying a black powder revolver. Actually carrying one loaded is most likely treated the same as carrying a ‘firearm’. (Under federal rules, muzzle-loaders aren’t ‘firearm’ firearms because they do not fire fixed ammunition.)

These laws vary by state. Here in Pennsylvania, anyone legally prohibited from possessing a firearm is prohibited from owning muzzle loading weapons as well. Also, any place where you might be prohibited from carrying a Glock, you will be prohibited from carrying a Navy Colt. The whole “muzzle loaders are non-guns” thing applies only at the federal level and only for commerce purposes. If one foolishly tries carrying a cap and ball revolver about as some kind of “rule beater,” the law dogs here will make that abundantly clear.

[voltaire]

No. You’d just like to convince yourself of that since it’s all you’ve been able to get your hands on.

You’ll shoot your eye out, kid.

[Odesio]

@Lumpy

I ordered a Disintegrator Ray Blaster, only to discover the plutonium’s not included.

Maybe in 1985 you can just run down to the nearest corner store and pick up some plutonium, but not here!

[Atomic_Alex]

Regarding unusual personal defence weapons a friend once demonstrated an incredibly powerful hand-held torch on me (the swine), as soon as I recovered from being temporarily blinded I was quite impressed.

He said it was even marketed as a ‘last ditch personal defence weapon’.

I believed him.

[running_coach]

@Disposable Hero

Regarding unusual personal defence weapons a friend once demonstrated an **incredibly powerful hand-held torch **on me (the swine), as soon as I recovered from being temporarily blinded I was quite impressed.

He said it was even marketed as a ‘last ditch personal defence weapon’.

I believed him.

I’m assuming flashlight here. Though the other possibility would be awesome.

[Atomic_Alex]

Heh, sorry, yes a flashlight

[Johnny_L.A]

@Scumpup

These laws vary by state. Here in Pennsylvania, anyone legally prohibited from possessing a firearm is prohibited from owning muzzle loading weapons as well. Also, any place where you might be prohibited from carrying a Glock, you will be prohibited from carrying a Navy Colt. The whole “muzzle loaders are non-guns” thing applies only at the federal level and only for commerce purposes. If one foolishly tries carrying a cap and ball revolver about as some kind of “rule beater,” the law dogs here will make that abundantly clear.

Yes, that’s why I specified buying one in ‘most’ states and said that this was under federal law.

[Cheesesteak]

@regularshow

wouldn’t you say just carrying a CO2 powered BB pistol is “the” smart man’s alternative to carrying a firearm or a tazer or a stun gun in 2014 and beyond?

I’d probably say that a BB pistol is one of the worst alternatives to carrying a firearm that one could think of.

It’s dangerous enough that you might get an assault with a deadly weapon, or attempted murder charge if you use it. It’s not, however, dangerous enough to reliably stop an attacker. If you actually get in a fight with a guy who has his own gun, you’re pretty much a corpse if you pull out a BB gun.

Seriously, your plan is to shoot your attacker in the eyes?

[running_coach]

@Cheesesteak

Seriously, your plan is to shoot your attacker in the eyes?

You can’t return fire if you can’t see. :smack:

[Scumpup]

If you insist on following this plan, buy the smallest BB gun you can find and keep it slathered with vaseline or mineral oil. Smooth, rounded contours are also advisable.

[zoid]

@Scumpup

If you insist on following this plan, buy the smallest BB gun you can find and keep it slathered with vaseline or mineral oil. Smooth, rounded contours are also advisable.

That took me a minute

[Stranger_On_A_Train]

Someone once tried to shoot me with a .25 ACP and I broke his arm in two places. If someone tried to shoot me with a B.B. gun, I might just stop with the wrist. So…there’s that.

Stranger

[Lamar_Mundane]

Don’t buy it in Wal-Mart, especially if you’re black.

[Magiver]

@Quartz

In the UK BB guns with more than a certain muzzle velocity are subject to restrictions. But being hit by a BB pellet is only a sting. It won’t break the skin.

I’ve fired an air gun that would drive a .17 pellet through a 2x4. A head shot would be fatal.

[Ranger_Jeff]

@Lamar_Mundane

Don’t buy it in Wal-Mart, especially if you’re black.

Well, you have admit he was guilty of Shopping While Black.