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schmannity's avatar

Sorry, The Truth About Guns, but with a muzzle velocity or 975 meters per second, unless the offices at Charlie Hebdo have walls made of 3/4 inch steel, the guy with the handgun and the concrete block behind him are going to have a hole in them before he puts down his sketch pad.

Spotts1701, Taking Bible Guns's avatar

They do know that one of the victims was an <em>armed bodyguard</em> from the French Protection Service, yes? Or did that little fact just wash over their head so they could pretend that all the victims were a bunch of 98-pound weaklings?

Spurning Beer's avatar

I guess I have a thing or two to learn about science.

JustPixelz: IV%'er's avatar

Both bodyguards were armed. <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/char..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.ibtimes.com/charlie-hebdo-massacre-fra...">http://www.ibtimes.com/char...

At the kosher market, one of the hostages reportedly grabbed one of the killer's guns but it jammed (which would never happen in Texas). He was shot dead. <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/..." target="_blank">" rel="nofollow noopener" title="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2903950/F...">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/...

Ikimizi's avatar

“If I’m in a movie theater and someone pulls a gun, what am I going to do?” he said. “I know now I’m not going to just fall on my kids and protect them; I need to advance on the threat.” He walked away armed with a little more information. “Still got killed, but I did better than I thought I would,” said Matthew. In the end, only one of the 12 volunteer victims in the exercise survived. And it was because she ran away.

Hero-dude thinks running towards the guns and getting himself killed is the right thing to do. Thus leaving his kids undefended.

Good_Gawd_Yall - Unperson's avatar

He "still got killed, but (he) did better than (he) thought he would?" Seriously, does this guy understand words? "Killed" doesn't = "better" in ordinary modes of thought - oh. Wait. Never mind.

Spotts1701, Taking Bible Guns's avatar

I guess he figured if he absorbs all the bullets, the bad guy won't have any left?