bullet resistant sheet rock

[wrthngtngrg]

How much shooting do you plan on doing in your house?

[mm]

I was watching a documentary on TV called "24" and there was a lot of shooting in one of their houses, and I just want to be prepared.

Some woman shot at Mr. Bauer, and then hid behind a large square post at the foot of the stairs, and he shot right through the sheetrock where she was hiding, and hit her. I don't want that to happen to me.

[unclemon]

The head of the US Homeland Security Michael Chertoff is a big fan of "24". In an interview on a talk radio program, he said that he wished we had an operations center as nice as CTU.

[8~{} Uncle Monster

[Cindy Hamilton]

The heck with bulletproof sheetrock; I want the bulletproof refrigerator door (as seen in Mr. and Mrs. Smith and in Gross Pointe Blank).

Cindy Hamilton

[Pat]

Why do you think they make "concrete board"? D'oh. It is just for tiles anymore.

[Pat]

They used to make .38 bullets that were loaded very lightly so it would stop after about 2 sheets of sheetrock -- so if you fired one in a house complex it wouldn't go through 15 apartments. Now, I guess you'd just have to use wadcutters or something extremely aggressive that would blow apart when it hits the sheetrock. It'll produce a bit of shrappnal, but not too much.

Also, they make a kevlar house wrap, but that only protects you if the bad/good guys are outside firing in.

If you can afford it, a collapsing floor seems to work well. You just need to make sure you install it under the bad guys and keep the handle nearby -- someplace you can dive (and pull in mid-air) while they are shooting at you. Then you have a basement full of bad buys, but the police will appear in the nick of time.

Your best option is probably a can of hairspray and a lighter. That always seems to work on TV. Plus maybe a good frying pan.

... oh, and cancel your plans to have Bruce Willis over for dinner.

[Kyle]

I love how despite the GOP being in control of Congress for 17 years (until 2006) and in control of the White House for seven and in control of the SCOTUS for a few years, GOP apologists still want to cry, "B-b-b-b-ut Clinton...!"

[Kyle]

Wow. I bet you're just a load of fun at dinner parties... :-D

[mm]

You have a lot of ideas.

I think the best one for me is to make a new sign. "Only light loads permitted indoors". I have almost finished my first sign. Now all that work is for nothing, except now I won't have to build that fancy box to hold their guns that someone recommended..

[Oren]

Forget the signs and all the work for just one message.

Make a set of flash cards with pictures and rotate the current policy (card) to the front. If the visitor reads well; maybe, even a LED Marquee with changing messages.

As for the gun box, they can secure weapons in their car trunks.

-- Oren

"I don't have anything against work. I just figure, why deprive somebody who really loves it."

[Pat]

I think Don's new house might have a magnetrometer that looks for fast- moving, hunks of steel, like someone drawing a gun. If it finds it, it sets off a load boom and bright flash to disorient the person until he can go over and kick the crap out of them. Then he'll fill their mouth with hummus and subject then to track lighting.

[Pat]

Note re Don. He's mostly in alt.architecture. It's a private joke sort of.

[Kurt Ullman]

IIRC that last part is outlawed by the Geneva Convention and has been deemed Cruel and Unusual Punishment by the Supreme Court.

[HeyBub]

Nobody said anything about Clinton. The reference was to Carter.

[HeyBub]

The modern equivalent is called a "frangible" round, of which Glazer Safety Rounds is a good example. These bullets are designed to stop at the first thing they hit by literally exploding into hundreds of small pieces.

The object is to dissipate all their kinetic energy immediately. They do not over-penetrate nor do they ricochet.

[Kurt Ullman]

Besides the Dems still bring up the ghost of Reagan when in similar straights. At least our punching bag has only been out of office for

[Pat]

Back in the day, Troopers used to carry 2 light-load 38 shells followed by 3 hefty 357s figuring if they got past the need for 2 shots, they got past the need for light loads.

[Kurt Ullman]

Now the mantra is two in the chest and one in the head, for the modern equivalent of the same reasoning.

[Shopdog]

Concrete board? You think that will stop a bullet. NOT HARLDY. I have 1/4 inch plate steel that looks like swiss cheese and thats from 50 yds!

Searcher'

[Jim Yanik]

Pat wrote in news: [e-mail]:

Magsafe pre-fragmented ammo will not penetrate walls.

But sometimes,you WANT to penetrate a wall or other hard barrier.