• rug_burn@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    That’s not an empty double barreled shotgun, fired twice in the air from his doorstep to frighten away any would-be intruders

      • LastYearsPumpkin@feddit.ch
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        11 months ago

        If you use birdshot, or any target shot, the individual pellets don’t have enough mass to really do anything, even at terminal velocity. Heck, Dick Cheney shot someone in the face at point blank range with it, and they we able to get on a podium and apologize to Cheney shortly afterwards.

        Slugs are a different story. Not sure about larger buck shot, some of those can be as heavy as a pistol round, but not really aerodynamic.

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          11 months ago

          Wikipedia says the range was 30-40 yards, and it was a 28-gauge shotgun. Shotguns don’t mess around.

  • AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social
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    11 months ago

    You know he can pack the courts if he really cared, right? Y’all think the lifetime catholic who is against abortion is really on your side for this one?