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[-] rockSlayer 25 points 10 hours ago

Thank you. We can tell /s

[-] melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2 points 35 minutes ago

That is some high caliber pistol being fired but the exit wound should be larger. Other than that, the pic is representative and communicates to the viewer exactly what it is. Not badly drawn at all, just lacking a bit of shading. /s

[-] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 hours ago

this needs to be the community's top post of all time

[-] Noel_Skum@sh.itjust.works 12 points 4 hours ago

Obviously AI - no human artist is this gifted.

[-] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 10 points 6 hours ago

I reckon this is a normal activity for Americans

[-] FreddiesLantern@leminal.space 7 points 6 hours ago

That’s just cold.

[-] thiscat 5 points 7 hours ago

"this town aint cool enough for the two of us"

[-] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 6 hours ago
[-] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 hours ago

Picard voice: There are only three Indiana Jones movies (and the middle one is a bit meh)

[-] SoupBrick@pawb.social 68 points 13 hours ago

I have cursed the fridge with life and blood.

[-] ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 27 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Reminds me of something about a big caliber handgun or something, I think a joke about the deagle for self-defense? :

"for when the intruder is hiding behind a fridge, behind the wall, in your neighbor's house"

[-] Davel23@fedia.io 6 points 7 hours ago

Sounds like Danny Vermin talking about his .88 Magnum in Johnny Dangerously:

"This goes through armor. And through the victim, through the wall, through a tree outside..."

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 15 points 12 hours ago

Pistols in general are not the best choice for home defense. Even 9mm dances through sheetrock and siding and stays dangerous. A shotgun with an 18.5" barrel and buckshot is as good as it gets. Very effective against humans, that's why they're a war crime, and damage to walls is typically pretty minimal.

Now if you're in woods with dangerous critters then a 1911 in .45 ACP or 10mm is the way to go IMHO.

Deagles are a bit over the top, but it sure is fun trying to keep ahold of it when it goes off.

[-] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

Using a shotgun with buckshot isn’t a war crime..?

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 3 points 48 minutes ago

I suppose I could be wrong on that, though I was sure I had read that at some point. Something to do with trench warfare, but whatev's. Still the best choice if you got baddies in your bungalow.

[-] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 30 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago)

It was only the German position against the American trench gun in WW1, but never wide agreement:

On September 15, 1918, the German government officially protested the use of the shotgun in a note verbale—an unsigned diplomatic note—transmitted to the Spanish Embassy in Berlin, then to the Swiss Embassy, and eventually to the American legation in Berne, Switzerland. The note asserted that the use of shotguns by U.S. forces violated Article 23(e) of the 1899 and 1907 Hague Conventions and warned that any American captured with a shotgun or shotgun ammunition would be executed.
[...]
In his formal response to Germany’s protest, Secretary of State Lansing maintained that the shotgun the army used could not be the subject of “legitimate or reasonable protest” under the Hague Conventions.
[...]
In the 100 years since the protest, the U.S. government’s position with respect to the use of shotguns in wartime has never wavered. U.S. military forces used shotguns in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and even in post-invasion Iraq (to clear out suspected insurgent hideouts in house-to-house fighting).

Source

[-] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 1 points 37 minutes ago* (last edited 30 minutes ago)

I don’t disagree. However, definitely not a war crime.

Source: was infantry.

Tangentially, I disagree with your .45 or 10mm as well. Ballistics have come a long way and unless you need to defend from bears, the 9mm is wonderful, lighter, cheaper, and has a higher carry capacity.

[-] Fuckswearwords@lemmy.world 8 points 12 hours ago

Aaah American jokes, hard to get unlike the home invader.

[-] adarza@lemmy.ca 7 points 11 hours ago

bart: mhahahahahaa!! (dials)

ring. ring.

moe: hello?

bart: is your refrigerator running?

moe: not anymore. i shot it.

[-] bisby@lemmy.world 13 points 13 hours ago
[-] DinosaurOuijaBoard@lemmy.ml 4 points 12 hours ago

The very first refrigerator that we got when we first got married, had a bullet hole in it. Have no idea how or why or even where this thing came from. But the bullet hole was definitely a talking point for a couple years! 😂

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago

Ten bucks says Arizona.

[-] snoons@lemmy.ca 4 points 12 hours ago

Oh shit, I have to post now too...

[-] eestileib 5 points 13 hours ago
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