• Object@sh.itjust.works
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    He took off his shoe and threw it at the bug to kill it, but a revolver he had hidden in the shoe fell to the ground. Upon making contact with the floor, the gun discharged and the bullet hit the victim in the foot.

    That’s even more bizarre; how does one hide a gun in their shoe??

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        “Chief! It was a giant swarm of bees, chief! Would you believe it? A hundred giant bees, with automatic weapons!”

        “I find that hard to believe, Agent 86.”

        “Would you believe a three very large spiders, armed with rifles?”

        “…”

        “Would you believe…a cricket with a derringer?”

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      Real american gun owners have guns everywhere: Shoe gun Belt gun Hat gun Bathroom gun Church gun

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      I imagine it was more of a cowboy boot. There is some room around the ankle calf area where you could conceal a smaller gun.

      Also, an ankle holster makes sense to me. Awkwardly rushing to take off your shoe while hoping around on one foot could dislodge the weapon from the holster.

      A bigger question is, why would you store a revolver with the hammer cocked? I don’t think a double action revolver would just “go off” with the hammer uncocked. The drop would not be strong/violently enough cock the hammer. The hammer would have to be intentionally left cocked, so a drop could accidentally release it to fire the round.

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        There are older revolvers that can go off from a drop that’s just right. Modern revolvers have a safety gate that covers the pin the from the hammer except during trigger pull. IIRC, Taurus, S&W and Ruger have all had this problem in the past.

        Edit. Called a transfer bar, and is pretty much standard on single and double actions.

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            You know, it could be a little derringer. I’ve never fooled with one and don’t know a lot about them. They’re cute little toys, but they have such low utility that the danger inherent in loaded guns outweighs carrying one.

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        I can’t tell if you’re joking or not because that’s actually a good explanation… Even if you’re on a wheelchair, I can’t imagine having a lump of metal in/on/under your shoe being comfortable at all if you have a real foot.