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barres wrote:I would think that the bullet's kinetic energy would drive the bat back and probably out of the attacker's hands, especially if it was an aluminum bat.

I don't -- bullets are only effective because they focus all that kinetic energy into a small area -- but I'm also not volunteering to be the test dummy.

barres wrote:I think it would also pretty much destroy a wooden bat.

Yep. That wooden bat would go from being a big club, to being a slightly smaller not-quite-as-big club with large spiky splinters on one end.

The Annoyed Man wrote:A gun beats a bat, every time, if deployed in time.

... and aimed correctly so that the BG ceases their attack immediately, and positioned so that it won't hit the bat first... I doubt a bullet would have much energy left after going through 3" of solid hardwood.