Here’s a handy guide from the firearms experts at Rolling Stone:
The 5 Most Dangerous Guns in America
We read:
Contrary to what those who defend the right to own high-powered assault rifles believe, not all guns are created equal. Due to a combination of availability, portability and criminal usage the following five types of guns are the country’s most dangerous.
Here’s the list:
— Pistols
— Revolvers
— Rifles
— Shotguns
— Derringers
Good work, Rolling Stone! Among other things I learned that pistols are “popular among handgun-owners”, and have a “built-in barrel”, that musket balls were often a “bad fit” due to “manufacturing complications”, and that “the explosive that creates the energy to fire the gun occurs in the fixed shell of a shotgun rather than the metallic cartridge of a rifle.” It was also helpful that the authors made clear that “the Glock” is a “short-recoil operated” pistol; I’m sure that Rolling Stone‘s core readership were wondering about this.
I found this piece so helpful, in fact, that I was inspired to provide, as a public service, some lists of other common hazards. After much research, here they are:
The 3 Most Intoxicating Alcoholic Beverages in America:
— Beer
— Wine
— Liquor
The 2 Most Dangerous Pathogens In America:
— Viruses
— Bacteria
The 7 Places Where you Are Most Likely To Drown In America:
— Oceans
— Rivers
— Lakes
— Ponds
— Swimming Pools
— Bathtubs
— Other bodies of water
The 6 Vehicles Most Often Involved In Transportation Mishaps In America:
— Cars
— Buses
— Motorcycles
— Bicycles
— Trains
— Airplanes
I hope this helps. If it saves just one life, it will have been worth it.
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The 3 Least Relieble Assurances in America:
— “The check is in the mail.”
— “I’ll respect you in the morning.”
— “Experts at Rolling Stone know shit from Shinola.”
What about “Assault Weapons”?
That’s really funny. The prose in the article is off in a way that makes me suspect the reporter outsourced the piece to someone in a foreign country, but who knows, maybe that’s really how she writes.
Looks to be I needn’t been concerned Henry, your Hillbilly is coming along quiet nicely.
Apropos today’s date:
Trinity — July 16, 1945
Score one for the Los Alamos Team. A really, really big one.
And, Flight 800.
(It wasn’t Muammar.)
Flight 800 crashed on July 17, 1996.
“If it saves just one life, it will have been worth it.”
Too late to save Archie . . .
Jeffery Hodges
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Yeah I realize that Henry. So I happened to be six minutes ahead of the 17th anniversary date … I’d been given to understand certain sorts of radars’d been turned on. Making stuff inevitable
http://20committee.com/2014/07/18/on-shooting-down-civilian-airliners/
JK, I was just pointing out that the two events did not occur on the same date (July 16 vs. July 17).
Understood.
Thanks Henry.
It’s been kinda hectic.