Mightier the book or the bullet?

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isadore

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Gosh a ruddies! The Pen might be mightier than the sword, but the bullet is seemingly mightier than the book.
He thought a book would stop a bullet and make him a YouTube star. Now he’s dead.
Before Monday, before the 911 call and police investigation, Pedro Ruiz III, an aspiring YouTube star in rural Minnesota, spent considerable time persuading his girlfriend to fire a gun at his chest.
There would be a thick encyclopedia between the muzzle and his body, authorities say he told 19-year-old Monalisa Perez. The pages, he reasoned, would stop the bullet.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/06/29/he-thought-a-book-would-stop-a-bullet-and-make-him-a-youtube-star-now-hes-dead/?utm_term=.1e28bd1beb65


He used
a gold Desert Eagle .50-caliber pistol considered “one of the most powerful semiautomatic handguns in the world.”
Jun 30, 2017 4:05pm
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Spock

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i love natural selection
Jun 30, 2017 4:24pm
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Nick Mangold

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This seems like something it would be smart to test out first. And then quickly realize that it's a terrible, terrible idea.
Jun 30, 2017 4:28pm
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Heretic

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Well, at least he succeeded in being known!
Jun 30, 2017 4:53pm
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Gardens35

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Had a smile that could light up room.
Jun 30, 2017 5:06pm
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gut

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justincredible;1860998 wrote:This seems like something it would be smart to test out first. And then quickly realize that it's a terrible, terrible idea.
I read somewhere the girlfriend claimed he showed her a book he had run a test on. Of course, was probably a different gun at a different range.
Jun 30, 2017 9:06pm
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cat_lover

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Not.........very.............smart.
Jul 1, 2017 11:59am
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KhalidAbuDhabi

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Remind me of the same incident happened with my cousins not aware of the gun was fully loaded. Sad
Jul 6, 2017 6:04am