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Banned
I recently started a book that was so full of bigotry, I had to stop and collect myself. I considered urinating on it. I considered burning it. But, in the end, I put it and a few others that have failed me to good use.
In a world so filled with hate where shootings are becoming more and more rampant in schools and universities...imagine you're sitting in the library studying when a mentally disturbed sickwad comes in blasting. Your college has banned firearms, and since you're obviously a law abiding citizen, all you've got is about 2 seconds and a textbook. Can you lift up your book and use it as a shield? Would the average Marketing textbook stop a bullet? Let's find out!
When you think of a shooter going on a rampage, do you think of one, two, maybe three shots being fired at each victim? I used my kids to determine the number of shots fired at each book. They are 2 and 4, so I can assure you that it is completely random. In order, 'American Jihad,' a book I hate...1 shot. 'Introduction to Business' (Hardcover) and 'Introduction to College Mathematics' (soft), two shots. 'Principles of Advertising & MIC' and
'Psychology Applied to Modern Life', three shots. All were taken from about 15 feet away, 4 man sized steps.
I chose a Walther P22 for several reasons:
1. Cheap, reliable, fast firing, accurate.
2. 2 recent massacres at colleges using the Walther P22.
3. Cheap and available ammo would appeal to criminals.
4. The deadliness of .22lr, especially when victims are shot once and a standoff ensues, delaying help.
5. I don't feel like wasting money on 9mm or .40 today.
Using Remington Thunderbolt 40gr LRN ($1.52 a box), advertised at 1255 fps the results were as follows:
'American Jihad', hardcover, 1 shot: LRN penetrated about 1.25" with the majority of the slug on page 411. Slight fragmentation. Back cover dented.
'Introduction to Business', hardcover, 2 shots: grouped at 1", LRN penetrated about 1", , slugs nestled side by side and mangled and fragmented on page 207. No print evident on the back cover.
'Introdution to College Mathematics', softcover, 2 shots: grouped at 1.25", LRN penetrated about 1.25", first slug stopped at page 244 and rolled inwards an inch and stopped, second fragmented early and stopped at page 344. This one jumped at both shots, which piqued my interest so, figuring a squirmer would catch a mass murderer's attention, and having seen the Columbine video and noting how both paid keen attention to the wounded, I shot it a third time. The third slug penetrated about 2 inches and flattened horizontally after taking a slight upward curve.
'Advertising & IMC', hardcover, 3 shots: 1.5" fragmentation for both, both LRN stopped on page 253, completely flattened with fragmentation scattered throughout the channel. Printing on the rear of the book.
'Psychology Applied to Modern Life', hardcover, 3 shots: first penetrated to page 553, about 2", second and third to page 337, about 1.25", all fragmented except the first which remained almost fully intact and only deformed slightly. Printing from all 3 on the back cover.
In all these tests, I used C-clamps to keep the books shut tightly to make them as hard as possible. I figured that if one WERE going to use a book as a shield, that they would be clamping it shut pretty damn hard considering the circumstances. So, in my test, anyways, with the temperature being under 20 degrees and the wind chill adding to the hardness of the books, it seems that provided you catch the shot holding the book completely flat at a 90 degree angle with the the incoming bullets maintaining a flat trajectory, you should be fine. Tomorrow, I will try a .30 cal rifle and 12 ga shotgun from about 50 and 25 yards, respectively. If anybody else wants to jump in on this and fire away at old college textbooks, feel free to add your results! I'm genuinely curious now that it seems that anything under .32acp could be caught by the textbook. If I wasn't on unemployment, I would have let loose with everything I have lol. But for now, just the extras from the cheapos, I'm afraid.
In a world so filled with hate where shootings are becoming more and more rampant in schools and universities...imagine you're sitting in the library studying when a mentally disturbed sickwad comes in blasting. Your college has banned firearms, and since you're obviously a law abiding citizen, all you've got is about 2 seconds and a textbook. Can you lift up your book and use it as a shield? Would the average Marketing textbook stop a bullet? Let's find out!
When you think of a shooter going on a rampage, do you think of one, two, maybe three shots being fired at each victim? I used my kids to determine the number of shots fired at each book. They are 2 and 4, so I can assure you that it is completely random. In order, 'American Jihad,' a book I hate...1 shot. 'Introduction to Business' (Hardcover) and 'Introduction to College Mathematics' (soft), two shots. 'Principles of Advertising & MIC' and
'Psychology Applied to Modern Life', three shots. All were taken from about 15 feet away, 4 man sized steps.
I chose a Walther P22 for several reasons:
1. Cheap, reliable, fast firing, accurate.
2. 2 recent massacres at colleges using the Walther P22.
3. Cheap and available ammo would appeal to criminals.
4. The deadliness of .22lr, especially when victims are shot once and a standoff ensues, delaying help.
5. I don't feel like wasting money on 9mm or .40 today.
Using Remington Thunderbolt 40gr LRN ($1.52 a box), advertised at 1255 fps the results were as follows:
'American Jihad', hardcover, 1 shot: LRN penetrated about 1.25" with the majority of the slug on page 411. Slight fragmentation. Back cover dented.
'Introduction to Business', hardcover, 2 shots: grouped at 1", LRN penetrated about 1", , slugs nestled side by side and mangled and fragmented on page 207. No print evident on the back cover.
'Introdution to College Mathematics', softcover, 2 shots: grouped at 1.25", LRN penetrated about 1.25", first slug stopped at page 244 and rolled inwards an inch and stopped, second fragmented early and stopped at page 344. This one jumped at both shots, which piqued my interest so, figuring a squirmer would catch a mass murderer's attention, and having seen the Columbine video and noting how both paid keen attention to the wounded, I shot it a third time. The third slug penetrated about 2 inches and flattened horizontally after taking a slight upward curve.
'Advertising & IMC', hardcover, 3 shots: 1.5" fragmentation for both, both LRN stopped on page 253, completely flattened with fragmentation scattered throughout the channel. Printing on the rear of the book.
'Psychology Applied to Modern Life', hardcover, 3 shots: first penetrated to page 553, about 2", second and third to page 337, about 1.25", all fragmented except the first which remained almost fully intact and only deformed slightly. Printing from all 3 on the back cover.
In all these tests, I used C-clamps to keep the books shut tightly to make them as hard as possible. I figured that if one WERE going to use a book as a shield, that they would be clamping it shut pretty damn hard considering the circumstances. So, in my test, anyways, with the temperature being under 20 degrees and the wind chill adding to the hardness of the books, it seems that provided you catch the shot holding the book completely flat at a 90 degree angle with the the incoming bullets maintaining a flat trajectory, you should be fine. Tomorrow, I will try a .30 cal rifle and 12 ga shotgun from about 50 and 25 yards, respectively. If anybody else wants to jump in on this and fire away at old college textbooks, feel free to add your results! I'm genuinely curious now that it seems that anything under .32acp could be caught by the textbook. If I wasn't on unemployment, I would have let loose with everything I have lol. But for now, just the extras from the cheapos, I'm afraid.
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