Tag: gunfire

  • Getting Shot At Just To Hear Something

    Admin does some 2A science to show us what getting shot at sounds like: I feel like this video could have benefited from better audio recording of the gunshots, but it was still interesting.  Nice collection of guns were used too. 8:50 – When he held the mic up to capture the sound better I…

  • Good Thing Celebratory Gunfire Is Banned In Saudi Arabia

    More than 20 women and children have died and dozens others were injured when traditional celebratory gunfire at a Saudi wedding brought down an electric cable causing a fire to break out.  A total of 23 people – believed to be mostly women – were electrocuted when bullets caused the high-voltage power line to fall…

  • Gunfire And Golf – WWII Rules

    One evening in the autumn of 1940 bombs fell on the course and Temporary Rules were introduced to allow for the consequences. Dr Goebbels, Hitler’s Minister of Propaganda, used the Club’s Temporary Rules as the theme of a broadcast by William (Lord Haw-Haw) Joyce: “By means of these ridiculous reforms the English snobs try to…

  • No Rural-City Gap In Youth Gun Deaths … Or Is There?

    According to the Journal Pediatrics, children in the most rural areas of the United States are as likely to die by gunfire as those in the biggest cities, a new analysis of nearly 24,000 deaths finds. The researchers analyzed data on nearly 24,000 gun-related deaths among those 19 and younger from 1999 through 2006. That…

  • Easter Gunfire In Times Square NYC

    Four people were shot and 54 were arrested in New York’s Times Square late Sunday night in an Easter melee some fear was gang-related. Hundreds of New York City police officers worked to contain the violence, making dozens of arrests and stopping pedestrians to look for weapons, the New York Post reported. One police officer…