Flash Bangs?
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When did we stop calling them stun-grenades?
Sounds like something an 8 year old would say. Will people start calling rubber bullets "Owwies" and tear gas "Stinky Clouds"?
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I'm gonna say . . . '99-ish?
I'm gonna say . . . '99-ish? But probably on prime time first.
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The terminology shift
The terminology shift coincided with the rapid militarization of the police under GWB.
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As I understand it, a "stun
As I understand it, a "stun grenade" is like a normal grenade in that it is thrown by hand and is typically used in an indoor setting, whereas a "flash bang" is fired from a distance with a 40mm grenade launcher and is used outdoors.
The cops in this town use the flash bangs pretty aggressively. I was at a protest two summers ago and they started firing them straight into the crowd (as opposed to overhead) causing serious injuries in several people.
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"Flash bang" sounds less
"Flash bang" sounds less frightening. Even though a flash bang blowing right next to you could make you blind and deaf for the rest of your life.
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cops are aiming for heads and
cops are aiming for heads and shooting the flash bangs.
should be attempted murder.
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I was actually shot in the
I was actually shot in the chest once with a live 40mm (high explosive) grenade launched from an m204 launcher at a distance of about six feet. It knocked me out cold. Didn’t explode, which is lucky, because we were in the back of a truck when this happened. Fort Irwin in 1998. Turns out, these things actually have some tiny little gyroscope built in that doesn’t allow it to actually arm until it has spun fifteen revolutions in air, which is about twenty five feet.
If you have ever been in a room where a flash bang or stun grenade has been deployed, it’s a pretty overwhelming thing, and yes it could kill (usually just severely maim) if close enough to the head or vital organs.
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shit jumping off in
shit jumping off in burlington?
there was a large police presence trying to protect the avl police dept.
around midnight, after rounds of tear gas earlier in the day.
protesters chanting for 25 minutes take a knee,
popo finally all took a knee and started a peaceful conversation,
shortly after protesters dispersed.
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Dang BSS. Good thing it didn
Dang BSS. Good thing it didn't go off.
Here is a bike helmet with a unexploded flash bang stuck in it from that protest two summers ago when they started shooting them straight into the crowd:
I understand that the chap who was wearing the helmet has sued the city, along with a lady who was badly burned when a round went off on her.
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Yeah we all just laughed it
Yeah we all just laughed it off and went and got drunk that night lol. Soldiers generally do pretty dumb things. I probably would’ve been pretty pissed if it went off though.
Minor correction however; it was an M203 rifle mounted launcher.
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As an aside, if you’re
As an aside, if you’re interested -
in combat arms changing out hot barrels on machine guns is sometimes slangly referred to as pulling tubes.
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Google for pictures of Sophia
Google for pictures of Sophia Willansky’s arm if you need to see physical damage from less lethals at close range
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https://www.google.com/search
https://www.google.com/search?q=bangs&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwi-5vyB-ODpAhUPAM0KHcxLDFYQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=bangs&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQAzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzIECAAQQzoCCABQk31YyIIBYPeDAWgAcAB4AIABvgGIAcYGkgEDMC41mAEAoAEBqgELZ3dzLXdpei1pbWc&sclient=img&ei=hR_VXv6PMI-AtAbMl7GwBQ&bih=881&biw=1280&safe=active#imgrc=y6rOfAkc4EzthM
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before the advent of gun
before the advent of gun powder, "flash bang" was street slang for a "quickie"
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>>>>>before the advent of gun
>>>>>before the advent of gun powder
You mean back in the year 1000?
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>>>You mean back in the year
>>>You mean back in the year 1000?
Yes, people would walk the streets of China minding their own business, when someone would approach and ask "frash bang?" Conservative Chinese women got tired of this and invented gun powder to fend off the hoards of pervs. And here we are today. There's no wiki source for this, but history continuously rewrites itself.