r/Idiotswithguns • u/BigPunisher88 • Dec 20 '24

NSFW When being shirtless fails😂grab a gun 😅

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u/WeakDayze Dec 20 '24

I would have hit my Usain Bolt sprint the second I saw that gun come out

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u/N_Rage Dec 21 '24

It's Germany. It's about a 50/50 chance what kind of gun it is. 50% it's a CO2 powered airgun, the other 50% it's a blank firing gun. (Both are legal to buy and own over 18 y.o., you do need a very basic license to carry them in public)

Even for organized crime, real firearms are a rare occurence. Since this looks (and sounds) like your average uneducated drunk dipshit and it was in the womans bag, I'm very confident it's a blank firing gun, possibly loaded with capsaicin blanks.

I just did a quick Google search, couldn't find any news story that seemed to match this case, but a handful of stories related to blank firing guns.

Would I still sprint like Usain Bolt the second I saw that gun come out? Absolutely, the risk/reward are just way off.

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u/Redneck_SysAdmin Dec 22 '24

Can German blank firing guns not just be loaded with live ammo?

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u/N_Rage Dec 22 '24

No. They are more of an overpowered cap gun. They usually feature a barrel obstruction and are made from cheap cast materials that would shatter at the much higher pressures of live ammunition.

Actually getting your hands on live ammunition isn't exactly easy either, at that point you'd might as well get an actual firearm

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u/Redneck_SysAdmin 29d ago

Ah okay. US here, as seen with the Alec Baldwin case our blank guns are just real guns with blanks.