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
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
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:I wonder if you'd file this under "hysterical strength," a phenomenon that's always interested me.
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.
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.
KRW Wrote:Don't those experiments lead to turning green and ripping your shirt off?
Bluesman Mike Lindner Wrote:Haw! Yeah, Ken, but that was an accident.
KRW Wrote:Was it? Or is that just the price?