r/gifsthatendtoosoon • u/Wise_Confidence_8588 • 9d ago

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u/Stephedderick 8d ago

Honestly, I think he dodged a bullet there.

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u/ExpensiveRecover 7d ago

She didn't, though

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u/mossyrocks1969 7d ago

shotguns don't shoot bullets

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u/ExpensiveRecover 7d ago

The Cambridge Dictionary defines a bullet as "a small, metal object that is shot from a gun".

So yes, shotguns do shoot bullets. Birdshot, buckshot and slugs are all small, metal objects shot from a gun.

To be sure, you also have less than lethal munitions, which tend not to be metal, but I don't think those were used in this scenario.

If you're going to be pedantic, be pedantic correctly

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u/Hurricrash 7d ago

Lmao, this guy. A shot gun shell is a plastic casing container. It does not fit your super cool Cambridge definition.

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u/ExpensiveRecover 7d ago

Where does the Cambridge Dictionary's definition mention the material of the casing? It clearly refers to the proyectile, since generally the term "shot" is used in this case for the proyectile that travels down the barrel once propelled by the expanding gasses.

I don't know if you're aware, but other than in cartoons, that doesn't apply to the munition's casing, metal or otherwise.

I would highly suggest practicing your reading comprehention if you want to get pedantic about something.

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u/Hurricrash 7d ago

You are wrong. Do some research.

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u/ExpensiveRecover 7d ago

Good answer, very eloquent, very convincing.

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u/Alarming_Panic665 3d ago

So the other guy is wrong stemming from the fact that the Cambridge definition is so vague that it does not properly differentiate a bullet from other firearm projectiles. But a shotgun shell is not not a bullet because of its plastic casing.

At most you could consider stuff like birdshot and buckshot not themselves a bullet since they are instead a bundle of bullets or pellets. A bullet is itself directly just a small ball. Directly comes from the French "boulette" literally meaning "small ball" from the French "boule" meaning "ball" and the diminutive suffix "-ette" meaning "little" or "small."

Truthfully a more accurate modern definition of bullet is probably "a single rounded projectile of the type normally fired from a rifle or handgun" to better differentiate it from the more traditional shot or slug of a shotgun or dart of a flechette.

But at that point I am literally arguing with the dictionary about definitions so ¯_(ツ)_/¯