American Football player fires a minigun

Rob Gronkowski (Gronk) has a go at firing a minigun. I must say that the cameraman is either very brave or completely clueless as to how much danger he is in.

video source: BDE
Paybacksays...

Taking you seriously for a moment, I've never understood the armed militia/tyrannical government idea. Personally, I'd trust a soldier long before I'd trust a corporation or a judge, and never a lawyer. It's not the army people need to fear, they are us, it's the wealthy whose outlooks are alien.

Former friends of mine had a remarkable business surge that took them from lower middle class WELL into the 1%. The diminished empathy that came along with it is why they're former friends, not current ones. It was gross how their attitudes and beliefs changed.

newtboysaid:

Ok....that gun might protect you against a tyrannical government.

AeroMechanicalsays...

Hm, so the minigun in Predator wasn't *quite* so ridiculous. Since we can grant Jesse Ventura an extra 50-75% strength since he was a fictional action hero, and since in action movies the weight and quantity of ammunition a character may carry (even if its's for miles and miles through a dense jungle) only matters if it is directly relevant to the plot, I think I now consider "Painless" a perfectly reasonable gun for fighting aliens and South American guerrillas.

antsays...

I rewatched Predator 1 in HD last year since I haven't seen it since on local SD TV broadcast in college. It was nice. Same for other classics like Alien, Aliens, etc.

ChaosEnginesaid:

On the other hand, it's perfect for home landscaping.



Note to self: watch Predator again.

cosmovitellisays...

Except the hellfire missiles they use are supersonic so you won't even hear the drone strike coming ..

newtboysaid:

Ok....that gun might protect you against a tyrannical government.....for around 10 seconds until it's out of ammo.

wormsays...

I wonder how many people who live in military dictatorships would agree with that sentiment... Evil is evil. Freedom is freedom. A loss of freedom for a false hope of security is a loss of freedom.

Paybacksaid:

Personally, I'd trust a soldier long before I'd trust a corporation or a judge, and never a lawyer. It's not the army people need to fear, they are us, it's the wealthy whose outlooks are alien.

Paybacksays...

I would argue your military dictatorships are, in truth, just REALLY well equipped police forces, not actual militaries. Police have always had an us vs them attitude towards "civilians". The military has always felt it was a protector.

That's why I'd trust a soldier before the "law".

wormsaid:

I wonder how many people who live in military dictatorships would agree with that sentiment... Evil is evil. Freedom is freedom. A loss of freedom for a false hope of security is a loss of freedom.

SFOGuysays...

Serious question:
If that's true--then what happens with those of the ex-military (note: not all ex-military) who become police and are perceived as "occupying" minority neighborhoods?
Is that a sort of "they are all insurgents" kind of thing?

Paybacksaid:

I would argue your military dictatorships are, in truth, just REALLY well equipped police forces, not actual militaries. Police have always had an us vs them attitude towards "civilians". The military has always felt it was a protector.

That's why I'd trust a soldier before the "law".

Paybacksays...

A man is susceptible to the attitudes of the group he identifies himself with. I wouldn't consider him a soldier after long. There is an indoctrination in both groups. I just believe the military has a focus that's easier to avoid the mentality I ascribe to police.

The us v. them mentality makes the bad cops worse, makes most cops protect the bad, and makes the exceedingly good somewhat rare.

SFOGuysaid:

Serious question:
If that's true--then what happens with those of the ex-military (note: not all ex-military) who become police and are perceived as "occupying" minority neighborhoods?
Is that a sort of "they are all insurgents" kind of thing?

SFOGuysays...

Fair enough.
The striking thing, in most narratives, is: how extreme trigger discipline is in active military units.

Paybacksaid:

A man is susceptible to the attitudes of the group he identifies himself with. I wouldn't consider him a soldier after long. There is an indoctrination in both groups. I just believe the military has a focus that's easier to avoid the mentality I ascribe to police.

The us v. them mentality makes the bad cops worse, makes most cops protect the bad, and makes the exceedingly good somewhat rare.

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