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How tough can one guy be? - law dawg - 11-22-2006
I've talked several times about what the human body is capable of under stress, and how difficult it is to use firearms in the middle of a confrontation.
Words are fine, but video does a better job. Seeing can be believing. So, I submit the following....
http://www.break.com/index/cop_owned_by_boxer.html
How tough can one guy be? - webby - 11-22-2006
law dawg Wrote:I've talked several times about what the human body is capable of under stress, and how difficult it is to use firearms in the middle of a confrontation.
Words are fine, but video does a better job. Seeing can be believing. So, I submit the following....
http://www.break.com/index/cop_owned_by_boxer.html
OMG! How awful!
Makes me glad I decided against carrying a .22 and chose a revolver instead of a pistol! Course the bad guy in that video probably would have knocked me out cold in the first 2 seconds anyway. Probably? Who am I kidding? No doubt about it.
How tough can one guy be? - GeraldRice - 11-22-2006
Crap. I can't see it at work.
How tough can one guy be? - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 11-22-2006
law dawg Wrote:I've talked several times about what the human body is capable of under stress, and how difficult it is to use firearms in the middle of a confrontation.
Words are fine, but video does a better job. Seeing can be believing. So, I submit the following....
http://www.break.com/index/cop_owned_by_boxer.html
I wonder if you'd file this under "hysterical strength," a phenomenon that's always interested me.
How tough can one guy be? - Lisa - 11-22-2006
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:I wonder if you'd file this under "hysterical strength," a phenomenon that's always interested me.
I didn't watch the video (because I'm having a nice day so far), but that phenomenon has always interested me as well. I saw on a show once where a middle-aged "average Joe" lifted a shelf unit weighing hundreds of pounds after it fell on his wife. Weird stuff.
How tough can one guy be? - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 11-22-2006
Lisa Wrote:I didn't watch the video (because I'm having a nice day so far), but that phenomenon has always interested me as well. I saw on a show once where a middle-aged "average Joe" lifted a shelf unit weighing hundreds of pounds after it fell on his wife. Weird stuff.
Yeah. You'd think there'd be a scholarly study of the phenomenon, but I've never been able to find one. Maybe because the evidence is anecdotal, and hard-scientists tend to underrate that stuff. I can think of experiments, but God forbid they ever be tried.
How tough can one guy be? - KRW - 11-22-2006
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Yeah. You'd think there'd be a scholarly study of the phenomenon, but I've never been able to find one. Maybe because the evidence is anecdotal, and hard-scientists tend to underrate that stuff. I can think of experiments, but God forbid they ever be tried.
Don't those experiments lead to turning green and ripping your shirt off?
How tough can one guy be? - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 11-22-2006
KRW Wrote:Don't those experiments lead to turning green and ripping your shirt off?
Haw! Yeah, Ken, but that was an accident.
How tough can one guy be? - KRW - 11-22-2006
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Haw! Yeah, Ken, but that was an accident.
Was it? Or is that just the price?
How tough can one guy be? - Bluesman Mike Lindner - 11-22-2006
KRW Wrote:Was it? Or is that just the price?
I'm slow today, Ken, don't take your point there
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