The truth about Guns

India
December 14, 2010 7:37am CST
The gun is a synonymous object that has been used by a wide demographic of the society,from hardened criminals to senile old lonely women.It has been used for many reasons including protection and security and many countries now legalize and regulate the use and possession of firearms.But in spite of all this many people know little about them.Here are the real gun facts as opposed to movies and cartoons. 1)The silencer-Contrary to the James bond films,a silencer can Never fully silence a gun.The average gunshot will be around the 160 db range and a silencer will only bring it down to 120 db that is still louder than the loudest voice and as loud as a engine of a tractor.This is because the sound of gunpowder explosion too loud to be silenced by a puny metal cylinder.So the main question here is that are silencers really worth it? 2)Bulletproof jacket-These are wrongly believed by people that they can stop any bullet with ease and protect the wearer from any damage,but in that case how come there are so many gun related deaths and murders when anyone can avoid getting shot by buying these jackets? the answer is obvious as bullet proof jackets are overrated.A bullet fired from a normal handgun travels 1000-2000 feet per second and is made of a heavy metal like lead which is why its momentum is too great to be stopped by simple jacket.For these reasons a person will need a 50 pound armor costing thousands of dollars instead of those light weighted jackets and these are just for normal handguns.For more powerful guns like the shotgun or AK 47, that person will need a type of armor that is much more heavy and costly.... 3)Explosions caused by bullets-Another falsely attributed facts about guns are the bullets.In many movies,during an action sequence the villain tries to distract the protagonist by shooting a oil tanker or a car and a huge explosion follows but like said, these are just bullets.In reality,although bullets have a strong momentum the spark created by the impact on these thing is too weak to light the entire gas tank or oil drum on fire,so you will actually need a powerful heat source for the explosion to occur
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