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One of Marquez's bullets struck the suspect's pistol, traveling straight down that gun's barrel and disabling it. Officials say such a shot is "one in a billion."
Story published today, with picture.

http://www.9news.com/news/local/jeffers ... /273066018

The deputy is fortunate to have survived.
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I have read of a number of circumstances such as this from WW1 and WW2 - but there would have been a lot more lead in the air in those instances! Amazing.

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I saw this today as well. Holy cow
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:roll: Not impressed. Chuck Norris does that behind his back with his eyes crossed :cheers2:
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Jim Beaux wrote::roll: Not impressed. Chuck Norris does that behind his back with his eyes crossed :cheers2:
Chuck doesn't need to shoot to disable an assailant's gun - even from a distance.
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All Chuck has to do is glare at an gun and it instantly disassembles :biggrinjester:
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I thought Glocks were indistructable.
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The target crown might be slightly compromised, but who's to say you can't pluck that blob of lead out and carry on?
In theory, I'm sure this Glock will be tied up in evidence from this day forward.
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Wow!
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Topbuilder wrote:The target crown might be slightly compromised, but who's to say you can't pluck that blob of lead out and carry on?
In theory, I'm sure this Glock will be tied up in evidence from this day forward.
I wonder if anyone will check if it's been damaged after the trial is over?
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You know it is destined for the shear...

I don't own a Glock (yet! :fire ), I'm going to say it goes back to shooting...
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mojo84 wrote:I thought Glocks were indistructable.
It's not a Glock, it's an XD.
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Whoops! :oops:
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MeMelYup wrote:
mojo84 wrote:I thought Glocks were indistructable.
It's not a Glock, it's an XD.

Well, I'll be. It sure is. No wonder it was disabled.
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Ya know, I was surprised that just a single shot up the pipe would disable it. Just like that. NOW it all makes sense...
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