"It's always too soon to talk about gun control"

[Black Aeronaut]

I'm reminded of a video where some guys are filming a firing of a Barrett .50 cal - they're using an iron plate as a target waayyyy off in the distance. This is a common thing here in the USA because the plate gives off a good audible noise that indicates you managed to hit it. And normally there are very few issues with it because a lot of target rounds are frangible - they shatter on impact.

And then... well... They got a comebacker. Dude was lucky as all hell that it only hit his ear muffs. The whistle that round made on its way back in was scary as hell. From what they were saying in the video, they had all decided to swear of iron plate targets from there on out.

"Nope! Not doing that again!"