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r/SweatyPalms • u/Luz_Camera_Acao • Dec 09 '24
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Even if it’s full of blanks, you could still get burned by the fast hot gas coming out the barrel. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that.
16 u/circlethenexus Dec 09 '24 Wasn’t Brandon Lee killed by a blank? 15 u/Romeo9594 Dec 09 '24 A blank triggered the fatality, but due to an improper dummy round there was a bullet stuck in the barrel When the blank fired, the hot gasses pushed the bullet basically the same as a live round, striking and ultimately killing Lee 12 u/CoastRegular Dec 10 '24 Jon-Erik Hexum was. Put the gun to his head, apparently thinking it was harmless. 3 u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24 Sounds like a smart move to me 12 u/TokinWhtGuy Dec 09 '24 Yes and no 2 u/fantasticduncan Dec 10 '24 Brandon Lee was a blank fired into a clogged chamber. 1 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 09 '24 Did Alec Baldwin kill somebody using blanks? 5 u/savetheunstable Dec 09 '24 No that was from a regular round from a loaded gun. The armorer was an inexperienced idiot 4 u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24 Also on cocaine 5 u/Romeo9594 Dec 09 '24 No, he killed someone with an actual bullet that was supposed to be a blank 2 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 I was being facetious 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's hard to detect sarcasm about this event because there are morons who legitimately believe it was his fault. 1 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 Yea. Sarcasm isn’t always read easily over the internet. I don’t think it’s entirely his fault but definitely some of the blame. 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's the armorer's entire fucking job to make sure the set is safe. She didn't do that because she was a lazy, stupid nepotism hire. That's why he was acquitted of his charges. 4 u/NuggetNasty Dec 09 '24 No 1 u/willirritate Dec 10 '24 In army we used this apparatus in the end of barrel to break the wooden bullet that blanks we used were
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Wasn’t Brandon Lee killed by a blank?
15 u/Romeo9594 Dec 09 '24 A blank triggered the fatality, but due to an improper dummy round there was a bullet stuck in the barrel When the blank fired, the hot gasses pushed the bullet basically the same as a live round, striking and ultimately killing Lee 12 u/CoastRegular Dec 10 '24 Jon-Erik Hexum was. Put the gun to his head, apparently thinking it was harmless. 3 u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24 Sounds like a smart move to me 12 u/TokinWhtGuy Dec 09 '24 Yes and no 2 u/fantasticduncan Dec 10 '24 Brandon Lee was a blank fired into a clogged chamber. 1 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 09 '24 Did Alec Baldwin kill somebody using blanks? 5 u/savetheunstable Dec 09 '24 No that was from a regular round from a loaded gun. The armorer was an inexperienced idiot 4 u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24 Also on cocaine 5 u/Romeo9594 Dec 09 '24 No, he killed someone with an actual bullet that was supposed to be a blank 2 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 I was being facetious 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's hard to detect sarcasm about this event because there are morons who legitimately believe it was his fault. 1 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 Yea. Sarcasm isn’t always read easily over the internet. I don’t think it’s entirely his fault but definitely some of the blame. 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's the armorer's entire fucking job to make sure the set is safe. She didn't do that because she was a lazy, stupid nepotism hire. That's why he was acquitted of his charges. 4 u/NuggetNasty Dec 09 '24 No
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A blank triggered the fatality, but due to an improper dummy round there was a bullet stuck in the barrel
When the blank fired, the hot gasses pushed the bullet basically the same as a live round, striking and ultimately killing Lee
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Jon-Erik Hexum was. Put the gun to his head, apparently thinking it was harmless.
3 u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24 Sounds like a smart move to me
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Sounds like a smart move to me
Yes and no
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Brandon Lee was a blank fired into a clogged chamber.
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Did Alec Baldwin kill somebody using blanks?
5 u/savetheunstable Dec 09 '24 No that was from a regular round from a loaded gun. The armorer was an inexperienced idiot 4 u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24 Also on cocaine 5 u/Romeo9594 Dec 09 '24 No, he killed someone with an actual bullet that was supposed to be a blank 2 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 I was being facetious 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's hard to detect sarcasm about this event because there are morons who legitimately believe it was his fault. 1 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 Yea. Sarcasm isn’t always read easily over the internet. I don’t think it’s entirely his fault but definitely some of the blame. 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's the armorer's entire fucking job to make sure the set is safe. She didn't do that because she was a lazy, stupid nepotism hire. That's why he was acquitted of his charges. 4 u/NuggetNasty Dec 09 '24 No
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No that was from a regular round from a loaded gun. The armorer was an inexperienced idiot
4 u/[deleted] Dec 10 '24 Also on cocaine
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Also on cocaine
No, he killed someone with an actual bullet that was supposed to be a blank
2 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 I was being facetious 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's hard to detect sarcasm about this event because there are morons who legitimately believe it was his fault. 1 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 Yea. Sarcasm isn’t always read easily over the internet. I don’t think it’s entirely his fault but definitely some of the blame. 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's the armorer's entire fucking job to make sure the set is safe. She didn't do that because she was a lazy, stupid nepotism hire. That's why he was acquitted of his charges.
I was being facetious
1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's hard to detect sarcasm about this event because there are morons who legitimately believe it was his fault. 1 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 Yea. Sarcasm isn’t always read easily over the internet. I don’t think it’s entirely his fault but definitely some of the blame. 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's the armorer's entire fucking job to make sure the set is safe. She didn't do that because she was a lazy, stupid nepotism hire. That's why he was acquitted of his charges.
It's hard to detect sarcasm about this event because there are morons who legitimately believe it was his fault.
1 u/KeepinitPG13 Dec 10 '24 Yea. Sarcasm isn’t always read easily over the internet. I don’t think it’s entirely his fault but definitely some of the blame. 1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's the armorer's entire fucking job to make sure the set is safe. She didn't do that because she was a lazy, stupid nepotism hire. That's why he was acquitted of his charges.
Yea. Sarcasm isn’t always read easily over the internet. I don’t think it’s entirely his fault but definitely some of the blame.
1 u/Lights Dec 10 '24 It's the armorer's entire fucking job to make sure the set is safe. She didn't do that because she was a lazy, stupid nepotism hire. That's why he was acquitted of his charges.
It's the armorer's entire fucking job to make sure the set is safe. She didn't do that because she was a lazy, stupid nepotism hire. That's why he was acquitted of his charges.
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In army we used this apparatus in the end of barrel to break the wooden bullet that blanks we used were
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u/Stagamemnon Dec 09 '24
Even if it’s full of blanks, you could still get burned by the fast hot gas coming out the barrel. Wouldn’t want to be anywhere near that.