 Gun as Fashion has begun!, and gods, is it tacky! |
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 Sep 26 2007, 06:32 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 263 Joined: 18-October 03 From: Cal Free State Member No.: 5,734  |
Found this little gem and wanted to share. I immediately thought of a corp exec trying to accessorize for a party in Shadowrun.
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Sep 26 2007, 06:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 13-August 07 Member No.: 12,615 |
"Pink"? Bleh.
"Janey's got a gun...." |
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Sep 26 2007, 09:56 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
hmm, makes me think of the old cp2020 standby, the polymer 1-shot :smokin:
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Sep 26 2007, 11:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 433 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Somewhere in Iraq Member No.: 1,789 |
Did any of you guys read the relevant posts? "Kevlar-lined clothing a hot commodity in London." If that isn't Shadowrun, what is?
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Sep 26 2007, 11:12 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,718 Joined: 14-September 02 Member No.: 3,263 |
It looks like a high performance hair dryer. http://www.wikicover.com/Image:Pepper-proj...le-launcher.jpg An interesting pic to compare with the obvious SR version of gel cap shooting weapon. Notice the folding handgrip for extra concealment. :)
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Sep 26 2007, 11:12 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 8,447 |
A elven social adept who can convince Lofwyr to give him the corporate budget? :D
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Sep 26 2007, 11:37 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
hmm, ill love to see anyone manage to unpack that one fast enough for it to be useful while being rushed by some criminal...
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Sep 27 2007, 12:11 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
I was thinking the same thing. That kind of transformer contraption kind of requires a lot of cooperation from the criminals. It's more for nuking drunken ex-boyfriends in the parking lot than fending off a real attack.
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Sep 27 2007, 01:17 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
It's a paintball gun. Those rounds are already available here int eh states in p-ball calibers. saw Dog the Bounty hunter use basically the same system (fully auto though)
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Oct 3 2007, 02:54 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 26-January 06 From: Harrisonburg, VA Member No.: 8,196 |
Oh I did. The article said they are being ordered for school-stabbings, for some reason... That is, while not the dumbest thing I've heard, is certainly in the top ten percent. Kevlar ≠pointy bit protection. [political]Then again, shootings (and stabbings) have been on the rise in London again. You know, 'cause of that handgun ban they've had for so long. http://www.farminguk.com/index.asp?show=ne...Article&id=4309 [/political] |
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Oct 3 2007, 03:23 PM
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Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951 |
It's a lot better than nothing or leather, especially against common knives - not every school kid wants to wear aluminium plated chainmail. (Cutting/stabbing restant gloves are made of either kevlar or chain mail) |
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Oct 3 2007, 03:46 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
I totally would! Chainmail is the new black: http://www.thinkgeek.com/tshirts/generic/9080/
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Oct 3 2007, 03:59 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Chainmail shirts are not cool, unless they're tank tops or bikinis. |
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Oct 3 2007, 05:07 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,547 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Related, a company is now selling bullet resistant backpacks in the US. I believe they're rated to NIJ II, so nothing great. Still, an interesting (albeit, probably misguided) shift in mentality. I wonder how long it'll be before people start taking the next step.
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Oct 3 2007, 05:42 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,537 Joined: 27-August 06 From: Albuquerque NM Member No.: 9,234 |
You can use kevlar to make armor suitable to stop knives. It's available and there are UK and US standards for testing. |
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Oct 3 2007, 05:50 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 26-January 06 From: Harrisonburg, VA Member No.: 8,196 |
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS of kevlar.
Apologies for not being explicitly precise. :S |
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Oct 3 2007, 07:14 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
Don't forget that NIJ takes both material penetration and panel deformation into account. A textbook or two would stop a lot of back panel deformation. If the schoolbooks are included, I would not be surprised if it stops most common handgun calibers. (IIIa) |
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Oct 3 2007, 07:17 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 26-January 06 From: Harrisonburg, VA Member No.: 8,196 |
A stack of magazines, duct tapped together will stop just about anything coming out of a handgun. At least, as far as FMJ rounds are concerned.
Which would mean it would easily stop HP rounds, as well. |
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Oct 3 2007, 11:13 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 25-February 06 Member No.: 8,307 |
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Oct 3 2007, 11:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 314 Joined: 25-February 06 Member No.: 8,307 |
A stack? Maybe... 'Course, people generally don't have stacks of magazines on their body either. Mags vs Guns |
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Oct 4 2007, 01:27 AM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
On the link you provided ronin, I'd like to point out thta I doubt people int he field carry their magazines ont heir chest for protection, but rather it's a large surface area to store a couple of extra magazines.
It might be to stop or slow down a knife though. |
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Oct 5 2007, 01:47 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
Every little bit helps. if you have to carry it anyway, it might as well help keep you healthy. I have seen people carry entrenching tools (folding shovels) covering their backs for the same reason.
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Oct 5 2007, 05:34 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
i could have sworn i have seen mythbusters do something similar.
granted, it was probably a US civil war era weapon and a bible, not a stack of modern day books and weapon... |
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Oct 5 2007, 06:02 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 52 Joined: 26-January 06 From: Harrisonburg, VA Member No.: 8,196 |
It was a speech, actually. I don't remember what they shot it with. I think they did a pocketwatch as well. And Ronin, I meant the paper kind of magazines. :D |
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