Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoGaming PC deflects bullet shot through wall by neighbour, saving owner's life — criminal negligence charges for culprit who claims 'firearm was accidentally discharged by her dog'www.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square224linkfedilinkarrow-up1458arrow-down17
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minus-squareSchmuppes@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·3 days agoWhere I live, walls are not made of cardboard and would prbably have stopped (at least) anything up to and including a 5.56 mm round.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days ago5.56 will punch through even thin steel plate, hitting a stud may stop it, but unless you have concrete walls, I’m calling bullshit on that.
minus-squareSchmuppes@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoOf course they’re concrete, unless the house was built before WW 2.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoThat sounds incredibly expensive.
Where I live, walls are not made of cardboard and would prbably have stopped (at least) anything up to and including a 5.56 mm round.
5.56 will punch through even thin steel plate, hitting a stud may stop it, but unless you have concrete walls, I’m calling bullshit on that.
Of course they’re concrete, unless the house was built before WW 2.
That sounds incredibly expensive.