Comments on: Can a bullet really be stopped by a Bible? http://willtoexist.com/can-a-bullet-really-be-stopped-by-a-bible_1126/ a deist transhumanist libertarian minarchist citizen soldier's blog Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:38:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Trevor http://willtoexist.com/can-a-bullet-really-be-stopped-by-a-bible_1126/comment-page-1/#comment-240952 Trevor Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:39:20 +0000 http://willtoexist.com/?p=1126#comment-240952 <p>TF, Too bad you don't have a picture of that. Was the comb damaged by the bullet? I have a hard time imagining the bullet was anything more than a richochet if it was stopped by a plastic comb.</p> TF, Too bad you don’t have a picture of that. Was the comb damaged by the bullet? I have a hard time imagining the bullet was anything more than a richochet if it was stopped by a plastic comb.

]]> By: T F Stern http://willtoexist.com/can-a-bullet-really-be-stopped-by-a-bible_1126/comment-page-1/#comment-240910 T F Stern Thu, 17 Apr 2008 21:27:48 +0000 http://willtoexist.com/?p=1126#comment-240910 I'm a retired cop and a fellow officer friend of mine got shot in the chest.  All in all he came out lucky with only a bruise because he had one of those pocket hair comb/brushes, the kind that are made of flexible plastic in the shape of an oval with a place to put a finger through in the middle.  The bullet was deflected and didn't get through the comb/brush.       I’m a retired cop and a fellow officer friend of mine got shot in the chest.  All in all he came out lucky with only a bruise because he had one of those pocket hair comb/brushes, the kind that are made of flexible plastic in the shape of an oval with a place to put a finger through in the middle.  The bullet was deflected and didn’t get through the comb/brush.
 
 
 

]]> By: Trevor http://willtoexist.com/can-a-bullet-really-be-stopped-by-a-bible_1126/comment-page-1/#comment-240905 Trevor Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:12:56 +0000 http://willtoexist.com/?p=1126#comment-240905 <p>Very true, there are always exceptions to the rule. And I know bullets falling from the air happen because half the armored SUVs in Iraq had bullet holes in them from bullets that fell out of the sky after being fired straight up.</p> Very true, there are always exceptions to the rule. And I know bullets falling from the air happen because half the armored SUVs in Iraq had bullet holes in them from bullets that fell out of the sky after being fired straight up.

]]> By: kitanis http://willtoexist.com/can-a-bullet-really-be-stopped-by-a-bible_1126/comment-page-1/#comment-240903 kitanis Thu, 17 Apr 2008 20:05:43 +0000 http://willtoexist.com/?p=1126#comment-240903 I always take the mythbusters with a grain of salt.. some of their "busted" myths where they claim that "its not possible" have come from real life stories... For instance the bullet shot in the air theory.  Two instances in Iraq and six in the United States proved otherwise. How about the story from history where Colonel Joshua Chamberlain was hit on Missionary ridge and survived it with a bruise to the leg during the battle of Gettysburg.  The mini-ball hit the then Colonels sword scabbard. So why not a bible?  Or a Textbook?  If the bullet has traveled far enough.. the Foot Lbs at the point of impact could in theory be stopped by a book... I always take the mythbusters with a grain of salt.. some of their “busted” myths where they claim that “its not possible” have come from real life stories… For instance the bullet shot in the air theory.  Two instances in Iraq and six in the United States proved otherwise.

How about the story from history where Colonel Joshua Chamberlain was hit on Missionary ridge and survived it with a bruise to the leg during the battle of Gettysburg.  The mini-ball hit the then Colonels sword scabbard.

So why not a bible?  Or a Textbook?  If the bullet has traveled far enough.. the Foot Lbs at the point of impact could in theory be stopped by a book…

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