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NNN0LHI (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:15 AM Original message |
Woman hit by stray bullet at NASCAR race in Texas |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
1. .50 cal is so cool |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
39. Old school round.. ban it and |
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xchrom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:17 AM Response to Original message |
2. recommend -- irony -- allll over the place. nt |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
13. Yup..... |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
32. Texas? Check. Nascar? Check. Guns? Check. |
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southpaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:18 AM Response to Original message |
3. Damn... |
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Joe_VB (336 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm not buying the man's excuse about....wait this is Texas ... |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
5. Guns are cool. Make me feel like a big man. |
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Elidor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. This has the potential to be one of the great flame wars of all time |
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youthere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I'm just glad there are still some good seats left... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
7. Five Miles? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I don't think there are any rounds with that much range, especially |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:22 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. Or Someone With A Horrible Sense Of Distance |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:33 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. LOL! It was a NASCAR rally, wasn't it? n/t |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:32 PM Response to Reply #11 |
26. That's An Explanation I Buy |
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surrealAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:04 AM Response to Reply #7 |
17. You're right. This story doesn't make sense. |
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csziggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #7 |
18. But Mythbusters tested the bullets fired into the air theory |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #7 |
22. Just dropping a 50 cal projectile from a significant height |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:30 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Like I Said, I Am No Gun Expert, But. . . |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:37 AM Response to Reply #25 |
35. It depends on if it was on a ballistic trajectory or not |
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DainBramaged (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:00 AM Response to Original message |
9. uhhhhhhhhhh |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:44 AM Response to Reply #9 |
36. Yeah, if you're a good enough shot |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #36 |
40. Thats a big IF |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:35 AM Response to Reply #40 |
43. It's a HUGE "if" |
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greguganus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
10. Who won the race? n/t |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:21 AM Response to Reply #10 |
47. Carl Edwards |
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Are_grits_groceries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
14. Maybe he did fire a round in the air, |
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DemoTex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
15. Mr. J. fired five or six rounds at a berm, a mound of dirt, with his .50-caliber Vulcan .. |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:20 AM Response to Reply #15 |
41. Those .50 rifles are popular for antimateriel applications. |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
19. FIVE Miles? |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. The range of a standard load 50 cal is 7450 yards.. |
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underseasurveyor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 02:00 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Something still stinks |
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krispos42 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
37. 38º above the horizontal |
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Wilber_Stool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message |
20. Not likely |
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jxnmsdemguy65 (481 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
21. another reason why one of Obama's first acts... |
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Ilsa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:33 PM Response to Reply #21 |
27. Now, now, lots of good democrats enjoy NASCAR. I don't particularly, |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
28. for people wondering what kind of bullet they're talking about |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 04:41 PM Response to Original message |
29. What the heck is a berm? nt |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:06 PM Response to Reply #29 |
30. A large amount of dirt placed against a wall |
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Catherine Vincent (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-06-08 05:10 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Thanks. nt |
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50calUSER (1 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
33. WOW! |
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Hawkowl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Nov-08-08 01:37 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Welcome to DU! nt |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 12:51 AM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Having fired thousands if not tens of thousands |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 01:26 AM Response to Reply #38 |
42. You say an M2... is that a Gepard M2? |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
50. Old worn out Browning M2s |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 04:09 PM Response to Reply #50 |
51. Ah. I should have known better. |
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Egnever (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:58 AM Response to Reply #33 |
46. LOL welcome to DU |
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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:38 AM Response to Original message |
44. He was target shooting? |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 02:56 AM Response to Original message |
45. A gaping wound; large-caliber weapons; an RV; NASCAR; Texas Motor Speedway -- how RED STATE is this? |
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BlueCollar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 03:24 AM Response to Reply #45 |
48. very |
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orleans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-09-08 04:17 AM Response to Original message |
49. 5 miles? 5 fucking miles? i don't think so.... |
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