2007-12-13 02:45:26 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Absolutely. I remember in the 80's one of the stars of a show called Time Travelers, (or something like that) was goofing around playing Russian Roulette with a stage gun and a blank cartridge. The blank blew a piece of his skull into his brain and he died.
Guns aren't toys, treat every one as loaded.
2007-12-13 02:50:10 · answer #1 · answered by sneegli 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's how Brandon Lee (Bruce Lee's son) was killed, and he didn't even hold it to his temple. There is in many instances, a cardboard or paper wad that holds the powder in the shell casing, which is propelled out of the barrel. While most blank or "squib" loads are a reduced load, those used in auto loaders generally have to be powerful enough to operate the action of the firearm. You can have up to 10,000 pounds of pressure released at discharge. While those hot gasses generally dissapate a short distance from the muzzle of the firearm, pressing it against your temple is a recipe for diaster.
2007-12-13 10:53:24 · answer #2 · answered by Peter Dragon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actor John Eric Hexum kill by hold .44 blank revolver to head and shoot. Cardboard wad (hold powder in) penetrate brain, not air pressure from blast. My lover shot in face with .22 blank revolver by brother. Grains of powder in skin, he get tetanus shot. Handgun air pressure not kill anyone, cannon could. Brandon Lee killed by bullet stuck in barrel. Blank blast push bullet out, hit him in abdomen.
2007-12-13 13:50:12 · answer #3 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2007-12-13 10:47:24 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
All: The show was Remington Steel - I don't remember the actor, thats cause he won the Darwin award, but Pierce Broson took his place.
It's not just air, there a plug that shot out.
2007-12-13 10:51:59 · answer #5 · answered by golfengineer3 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes , I cant remember which actor it was , but long ago someone did that on the set of a movie and died from the concusion and a small amount of wax does come out for the bullet casing .
2007-12-13 10:48:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's how Brandon Lee died. It isn't the air pressure it's the force of the blast and metal fragments flying off the end of the casing. Best case scenario it kills you, worst case----you're a turnip.
2007-12-13 11:04:28 · answer #7 · answered by Viking one 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the compression can fracture your skull and send fragments into you brain.
The same thing happened to actor John Erik Hexum from the old tv show "Voyagers".
Phurface
2007-12-13 10:48:59 · answer #8 · answered by Phurface 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is more than air in there, packing, wadding, powder residue....Bruce Lee's kid got killed that way on the set of "The Crow", remember?
2007-12-13 10:48:35 · answer #9 · answered by Bob W 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. I remember that happened to an actor back in the eighties.
2007-12-13 10:47:51 · answer #10 · answered by double_nubbins 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋