#In article <BxH1LF.IAw@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>, callison@essex.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison) writes:
#|> ##slkdh@cc.usu.edu writes:
#|> ##
#|> ### I have a friend who wants a Desert Eagle Action Express (.50 cal) for
#|> ###the same reason. He figures that if he shoots it once the size of the gun and
#|> ###the sound of it fireing will scare any assailant into humble, penitent
#|> ###submission.
#|>
#|> Out of curiousity, just how many of you have actually set off a
#|> round in your domicile? I have, and it is a _VERY_ disorienting
#|> experience.
#
#I had an AD with a .45ACP in my car, with the muzzle pointed out through an open
#door. "Very disorienting" just barely begins to describe the feeling. "Scared
#sh**less" is more accurate.
#
#|> I made a slight mistake (which, thanks to the drilling
#|> of gun safety by my dad, required only tar to fix), and set a
#|> round off in my SIG P226 a few months back.
#
#You owe your dad a beer (or something similar). I don't remember who taught my
#hunter safety class, but I owe him several. The shock of having my weapon
#discharge was then reinforced by seeing a little girl on a bicycle ride across
#the path taken by the slug SECONDS after the AD. I will NEVER forget the
#feeling.
#
#|> After a few seconds of
#|> trying to figure out what the hell happened, where the hell I was,
#|> and what the hell that ringing in my ears was, I noticed, to my great
#|> shock, a cocked and loaded weapon in my right hand. (OK, well, it was
#|> really only a few moments, but in a state of mind suddenly thrown from
#|> complacency into panic, it seemed a lot longer.)
#|> This was, of course, and unexpected event (I'm not about to try it
#|> on purpose, unless someone wants to break into my home and give me
#|> a really good excuse), so the effects may be somewhat biased, but
#|> I don't think your average burglar expects you to fire either.
#|> (From accounts of friends who have shot intruders, there is also
#|> a momentary psychological shock, even from experienced shooters.)
#|>
#|> Maybe you can write this off as "anecdotal experience," but, IMHO,
#|> "Yes, Virginia, there really is a psychological impact of firing
#|> a weapon indoors."
#|> ;-)
#
#Definitely. I shudder to think of the impact of firing a .357 or .44 magnum inside the close confines of a hallway. To think some people keep deer rifles around for self-defense!
