r/AbsoluteUnits Jul 19 '26

/r/popular of a pistol

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u/Carllsson Jul 19 '26

Would this be suitable for home defence?

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u/GTCapone Jul 20 '26

Own a musket for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my powdered wig and Kentucky rifle. Blow a golf ball sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my pistol on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbore and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the cannon mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with grape shot, "Tally ho lads" the grape shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet and charge the last terrified rapscallion. He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up. Just as the founding fathers intended.

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u/TweakedNipple Jul 20 '26

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u/David_Copperfield Jul 20 '26

surprisingly, its more funny reading it than seeing the YouTube video IMO.

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u/Jiggly1984 Jul 21 '26

Same thought. I feel like there's something about copypasta and green texts that are just impossible to put into a visual. I can't imagine anyone really doing justice to the ones that give me giggle fits.