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NutmegYankee

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3. Will be uneventful in any case - modern guns don't go off because they are dropped.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Tue Jan 17, 2017, 07:27 PM

Jan 2017

It's more of a Hollywood Movie myth than a reality. There are guns that can go off, but they were revolvers, mainly the blackpowder cap and ball revolvers like the Colt 1860.

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Republican lawmaker from Milford becomes first woman to drop loaded gun at State House [View all] TexasTowelie Jan 2017 OP

You've come a long way baby underpants Jan 2017 #1

Carrying two guns while feeling "loopy". F'ing moron! justhanginon Jan 2017 #2

Will be uneventful in any case - modern guns don't go off because they are dropped. NutmegYankee Jan 2017 #3

Yeah, no big deal. TheCowsCameHome Jan 2017 #4

What's with the snark - are we so far down the "post-truth era" road that facts aren't welcome? NutmegYankee Jan 2017 #5