Bullet hole in my wall from Watertown shootout. My head was there minutes before. #watertown twitter.com/Dutchguy000/st…
— Kristian Tuinzing (@Dutchguy000) April 19, 2013
Lt. Col. Robert Bateman warns against ever trying to film a gunfight with your smartphone, as some residents of Watertown did last night:
In the real world, even when a bullet does hit something, unless it is at nearly a right angle, THAT BULLET CAN STILL KILL YOU. It is called a ricochet. Ever played pool? Same idea. Remember that. Even the bullets not aimed at, or anywhere near you, can ruin your whole day. …
[Also, if] the other guy is firing anything with greater hitting power than, say, a .32 (Google .32 caliber, .45 caliber, 5.56mm and 7.62mm…I can’t do it ALL for you) it will go through things. Metals, woods, sheet-rock? No problem. Your front door will not protect you, at all. Nor will the walls of a normal suburban house, nor the three Sheet-rock walls beyond that. In a car, the only thing that really stops most bullets would be the engine block itself. All the rest of the body of a car, well, basically tin-foil. All those cop movies you remember from the 70s, when they hid behind the opened door of their patrol car and shot at the bad guy? Yea, no. Do not think that works.
His advice? Get into your basement or as far away from the firing as you possibly can.
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