Can BB guns be used as personal security / do they hurt?

[Mr JP Fugley]

You people are unreal, do you actually live in the same World.

[Smith]

Stun Gun.

[Busyman™]

You have never been shot by one...I take it?

-bd

I agree, bd.

I have owned a 15 shot repeater very similar to this one for years, and let me tell you, I would dread getting shot with it. The specs say it's maximum power is 420 feet per second, but when you first pierce the C02 cartridge the first few shots come out noticeably harder. They don't tell you that. These guns nowadays are not toys anymore, they can kill, and this model is semi-automatic meaning you can fire 15 bbs as fast as you can pull the trigger. 15bbs traveling faster than 420 feet per second at close range aimed at someone's face could easily stop an attacker in an emergency situation if you aim correctly and he has no gun himself or something to block with. But just like a real gun, you could face murder charges. Mine is only for defense, btw.

Ahh so BB guns have come a long way. I have been shot by a BB gun and it stung but that was all. It was in my skin but it didn't go through organs or anything.

I can't see using that for protecting my family at home. Either go for stopping power or do fuck all. Knowing someone has BB gun isn't exactly scary. Knowing someone has a real gun will make another think again and go elsewhere.

[MediaSlayer]

airgun power is measured in fps, how many fps was the bb gun that shot you? hehe, i guess you didn't have time to check how silly of me sorry busygun man


crosman has this new semi-automatic model that operates off of bigger CO2 cartridges for added power. it can fire 12 pellets, which are heavier than bbs, at 625 fps(190m/s). that's not a bee i would want to get stung with, but that's just me. i'm not as tough as you.




and back on topic,

i would recommend pepper spray or something else. as someone has already pointed out, what are the chances they are gonna try to break in your house without a real gun? they will certainly be threatened by your fake one and try to kill you.

[Cheese]

I got shot in the eye point blank by my sister's bb gun once (it shot plastic pellets). Luckily I blinked but for about a week or so I had red dot on the white of my eye. Other than that it didn't slow me down much (ie if I had wanted I could have kicked shite out of my mate who did it but instead I made him buy me beers).

[Mr JP Fugley]

Either go for stopping power or do fuck all. Knowing someone has BB gun isn't exactly scary. Knowing someone has a real gun will make another think again and go elsewhere.

Indeed, if a criminal mastermind who has researched your security measures is burglaring your house then the 6 semi-automatic weapons is probably the way to go. However if it's the more common opportunist thief then his pre-planning probably isn't so thorough.

Do you know why you people are so effected by terrorism. It's because you have a predeliction to be. Watching too many movies and wanting to be in them. You crave the fucking melodrama.

Seriously, ask yourself this. Are you willing to kill another human being, or be killed to protect property. If you're not willing to pull the trigger and live with the consequences don't buy a gun. If you're not willing to move home don't point a gun at a violent criminal who knows your address.

[CrabGirl]

I regularly Tazer my boyfriend in the heart. It keeps him in his place.

[Sextent]

Extreme Massage Therapy ftw.

[CrabGirl]

Totally. "What do you mean in a minute. You'll do it NOW" Dzzzzzzt!

Heh. heh. hehhhh.

/me slopes off to Newquay for the night chuckling at Tazered Balls.

[Sextent]

Presumably you take them with you whenever you leave him on his own. Only returning them (as a loan really) when you desire to be pleasured.