----- Original Message ----- From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 2:11 PM Subject: Blanks (was Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world')
> Rob wrote: > > A gun against your head filled with blanks is just as likely to kill you > >as > >one filled with bullets. > > > >Its a myth that blanks are *"safe"*. > >They are very dangerous at close range and no one should even pretend > >differently. > > Wasn't it a blank that killed Brandon Lee during filming of The Crow? Lee was killed by a bullet that somehow found its way onto the set of The Crow. Jon Eric Hexum (Voyagers) was killed on the set of a film when he placed a gun filled with blanks to his head. The thing to remember about blanks is that you are still firing a firearm. There is an explosion involved and any explosion is going to have some concussive force. The concussive force is what killed Hexum. The muzzle velocity of just the air in the barrel is considerable. > > >From what I've been told, there are safe forms of blanks. <Snipatollah> I would not doubt that this is true. But on the other hand, one would be quite foolish to place any explosive device close to ones body. xponent Black Cat In A Frogs Ass Maru rob ________________________________ You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
