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Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

Gaming PC deflects bullet shot through wall by neighbour, saving owner's life — criminal negligence charges for culprit who claims 'firearm was accidentally discharged by her dog'

www.tomshardware.com

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Gaming PC deflects bullet shot through wall by neighbour, saving owner's life — criminal negligence charges for culprit who claims 'firearm was accidentally discharged by her dog'

www.tomshardware.com

Some_Emo_Chick@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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"The police said that the PC changed the trajectory of the bullet, and it would have hit me while I was sleeping if the PC hadn’t been there"
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    5.56 will punch through even thin steel plate, hitting a stud may stop it, but unless you have concrete walls, I’m calling bullshit on that.

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      Of course they’re concrete, unless the house was built before WW 2.

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        That sounds incredibly expensive.

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