Favorite Gun Myths

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Just for some fun, let's hear some of your favorite "gun myths." I will post a couple of my favorites as an example:

1) A shot to the wrist/ankle/whatever extremity with a .45 ACP is instantly fatal
2) The .45 ACP willl knock you down if it hits you on the tip of the finger.

The .45 is a very effective round but these are just a bit much.

I don't want to get into the gun control myths here, just the myths about certain guns/calibers that you find amusing.
 
Being shot will make you fly 10', no matter if its a .22lr or a .50 cal.
CC'ing makes you either a nutjob, paranoid, or under a direct threat.
 
John Moses browning designed the 1911 w/ the specific intent that it be carried cocked and locked.
 
Be very careful of what you post here. In a similar thread I once posted that the State of Maryland had sensors placed at the state line on major highways that could pick up the fact that you had a gun in your car when you crossed the line and immediately notified the Highway Patrol so they could stop and arrest you. Three different people wanted to know more about it and two called me a liar. A few tried to add to it and defend me but I really couldn't tell it any were serious or not. There were a few that fell hook, line and sinker.

A man told me many years ago that if you told someone anything with a straight enough face they would believe you. For some people you don't even need a straight face.
 
OK, here goes with some myths that come immediately to mind:
- The .40 S&W is an answer in search of a problem
- Only good can come from open carry no matter what others present think
- Any caliber smaller than the one I favor is worthless
- A gun is just a gun-a Kel-Tec that "goes bang" is just as good as a (name it)
- "Series 70" applies to any semiautomatic without a firing pin safety
- You're risking your life if you buy a semiautomatic with a firing pin safety
- There's something wrong with people who buy a gun to turn it into a "safe queen"
- Some things, e.g., ambi-safeties, front-cocking serrations, microscopically uneven roll marks, inherently warrant lots of conspicuous complaining in internet gun forums
- It's cool to try to emulate TV hoods by shooting a handgun with your hand turned sideways
- There's such a thing as a "gun-show loophole"
- There's a conspiracy afoot to limit the supply of Colts
 
Black talons are banned because they can go right through police body armor.

Oh, and

Body armor is banned for civilian use.
 
BigSlick said:
I guess I have been watching to many Diehard Movies. :biggrin:
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And there we have the root of some of the most fraudulent gun myths.. The movies...

"Every time the gun goes bang the bad guy is supposed to fall down and die so mine must not be working right!"...:mad:
 
nosreme said:
OK, here goes with some myths that come immediately to mind: There's such a thing as a "gun-show loophole"
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There is no such thing as a gun show loop hole. FFLs are required to do Background checks regardless of where they sell the gun and private sales are private sales no matter where they take place.

According to the DOJ less than 2% of all weapons used in crime came from gun shows and there is nothing inherent in the law that would allow a prohibited person to purchase a firearm from an FFL at a gun show where he /she wouldn't be able to do so at the FFL's place of business.

People that propagate the "gun show loophole" myth are generally trying to make private sales (regardless of where they take place) illegal.
 
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