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[โ€“] Sam_Bass 8 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Would a bb do much at all? If i caught someone in that position i dont think a bb would be persuasive enough

[โ€“] The_Picard_Maneuver 25 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I'm not a thief, but I would probably stop whatever I was doing if I started getting pelted with BBs. Lol

[โ€“] khannie 16 points 5 months ago

Also not a thief but I've seen what a BB does to flesh. Definitely in the "stop what you're doing immediately" category.

[โ€“] Bytemeister 24 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Stings like a motherfucker, can break skin depending on the BB material and velocity. It also sends a clear message; I can see and hit you from here.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I use .177cal steels at 400fps. Unless i could pop a nut, it would probably just annoy them

[โ€“] Maalus 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

With the right bb gun, you shoot them in the cheek and they get to spit out the BB. Even airsoft guns can embed into your skin, lots of videos with people "popping a pimple" - squeezing out a bb from their forehead.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass -3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Umarex boy here. Airsoft is for kids

[โ€“] Maalus 7 points 5 months ago

Kool. Doesn't change the fact that it can indeed hurt someone, and a propper bb gun will do damage.

[โ€“] SkyezOpen 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Lol. Lmao even. Have you seen airsoft players?

[โ€“] Sam_Bass 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] SkyezOpen 0 points 5 months ago

OK grandpa time for your meds.

[โ€“] FlyingSquid 0 points 5 months ago

It can potentially take out an eye too. You won't "shoot your eye out" like the kid is warned in a Christmas Story, but you could definitely shoot someone else's eye out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago

Bro, bb guns shoot through metal buckets. My friends and I used to shoot bb guns at all sorts of objects. So yes. You could absolutely fuck someone up with a bb gun.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Well you would also become aware that someone is watching you and not approving of what you are up to.

Unless they're going to kill you for whatever they want to steal that will usually deter them.

[โ€“] iAvicenna 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

"I very much approve of what you are doing but I also like shooting people with BB guns. Please feel free to carry on with whatever you are doing while I shoot you in various limbs."

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

It depends. A bed and bath is pretty relaxing. You'll probably end up being friends afterwards.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Small metal ball

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

bb is probably short for ball bearing, which is basically just a small hardened metal ball often used in "bearings" to make it even more confusing, ball bearings, use ball bearings as their primary mode of design.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass 1 points 5 months ago
[โ€“] RampantParanoia2365 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I stared at this wondering what a BTS gun was.

[โ€“] pikmeir 2 points 5 months ago

I mean they've got dynamite already so...

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It would definitely hurt and probably get stuck in your skin

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Probably get stuck in your skin?????? Probably? Have you ever shot a bb gun? That shit can go through thinner metal with ease. It can easily shoot through an aluminum bucket (both sides). I'm absolutely shocked at how many people here think bb guns are like airsoft guns. Ya'll clearly have never used a bb gun. One shoots metal balls. The other shoots plastic.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I have owned and shot many types of guns over the years including bb guns. I don't normally shoot people with bb guns so I'm not sure of the exact damage it would cause so I was vague, sorry for not writing an essay on the type of wounds it would cause.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I didn't mean my answer to come off as aggressive. Apologies if it came off that way. I was just talking to everyone here in general ha. I'm just a bit confused as to why people don't consider bb guns to be a potentially serious weapon. I'm just imaging what would happen if you were to shoot someone in the face with a bb gun. I feel like it would be game over for that person. Either permanently fucked, or killed.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Losing an eye sure but I think death is a bit far for a bb gun (I have done 0 research) but maybe a pellet gun where the projectiles are more bullet shaped maybe. It also depends on how the gun operates and how fast it sends the bbs

Edit: 4 deaths per year in the US I stand corrected

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ha that's because everyone just buys real guns now.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I wonder what the number would be if in included people shot by other people when brandishing a bb gun... maybe not

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

fun fact, human skin has this weird property of being incredibly, soft. So more than likely it would expend all of its energy moving your skin around, and then just bounce off leaving a pretty bad bruise or something.

It'd fuck you up if it hit you in the eye though, for example.

[โ€“] mojofrododojo 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

no. bb's penetrate skin, can confirm. had to have one pulled out of arm muscle meat. stupid fucking brother

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

i could see it going either way, depending on where it hits, and how far away it was. Projectile physics is weird, and impact physics are even weirder.

[โ€“] mojofrododojo 2 points 5 months ago

yeah I got it from a pump action bb rifle, into the meaty part of the bicep. Of all my siblings, my youngest brother seemed to be the most willing to maim and torture us for his own entertainment.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I read BTS gun and that got me really confused, like a ray that shoots kpop at the target lol

[โ€“] SkyezOpen 2 points 5 months ago