# Nigerian Man Dies When Charm Against Gunshots Fails to Work

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigerian-man-dies-when-charm-against-gunshots-fails-to-work/799682>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 24, 2017, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigerian-man-dies-when-charm-against-gunshots-fails-to-work/799682 "2017-10-24T05:07:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigerian-man-dies-when-charm-against-gunshots-fails-to-work/799682/61 "2017-10-26T18:57:50Z")

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The question no one is asking; was it a genuine charm or a Chinese knockoff?  
If it was a Chinese knockoff, I can see why it failed.

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**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2017, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nigerian-man-dies-when-charm-against-gunshots-fails-to-work/799682/62 "2017-10-26T19:04:50Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> Can’t we scoff at both?

I am scoffing like a motherfuck.

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