What would be the most costly thing you could do with 1 bullet

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Jeff7

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Jan 4, 2001
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Warren Buffet maybe?

Or maybe Simon Cowell, or whatever his name is - that American Idol guy. Or some popular judge on the show. There'd probably be a worldwide day of mourning. :roll:

 

MoPHo

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Dec 16, 2003
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Since it can't really penetrate anything, I'd discharge it in a room with a nice balance of gas fumes (from the cracked gas main of the building) and air in a Chinese Military Facility. After they declare war on the USA and start WW3 due to this "American Attack", I think there'd be a lot of costs (human and money).
 

ConstipatedVigilante

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Originally posted by: Bignate603
Originally posted by: Newbian
Nuclear plant reaction chamber.

Close, but I bet you could do worse. Shoot it into the large hadron reactor while it's turned on.

Maybe it would just get sucked into the black hole created by the hard ons.
 

Skyclad1uhm1

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Aug 10, 2001
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Hijack a plane and fly it into a large building/tower? Think 9/11 cost quite a lot.

Start WW III? WW I started with a single bullet too.

Killing the US president would cause an economic collapse too. But you ruled that out.

Not sure what would be the most costly, the plane scenario certainly would work if you have a Republican in a position of power looking for a reason to start an illegal war.
 

jlee

Lifer
Sep 12, 2001
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Originally posted by: MoPHo
Since it can't really penetrate anything, I'd discharge it in a room with a nice balance of gas fumes (from the cracked gas main of the building) and air in a Chinese Military Facility. After they declare war on the USA and start WW3 due to this "American Attack", I think there'd be a lot of costs (human and money).

:confused:

Uh, no. Especially out of a carbine.
 

silverpig

Lifer
Jul 29, 2001
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Originally posted by: senseamp
The Mona Lisa. Pow, right in the kisser.

It's behind bulletproof glass. Does it still count?

edit: Besides, even if you put a hole in the painting, I'm sure they'd spend about $100k on some crazy art restorers to fix it.
 

Confusednewbie1552

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Jun 24, 2004
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Shoot the button (or correct angle of the switch) that launches our nukes to Russia.

If it's not a button or switch, or any pushable object then fvck

This makes me think: if you shoot a button, would it push the button before blowing it to pieces?
 

sao123

Lifer
May 27, 2002
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Originally posted by: JDawg1536
Shoot a stealth bomber pilot mid flight.

unless the warhead is armed, it will do nothing.





I would shoot the ET tank on the launch pad, right at ignition of a shuttle launch.
Fuel leak + explosion = Loss of Launch pad 39a(50M), Loss of 1 shuttle (1.7B) + loss of 2 reusable boosters (20M each) , loss of an ISS Kibo module (3B), loss of all scientific experiements on board(??), and shut the space program down for 3+ years while an investigation takes place(several billion)...
 

rudder

Lifer
Nov 9, 2000
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Shoot at a burglar robbing your home and hit him in the arm instead of the chest.

You will then get sued by the burglar for eleventy billion dollars.
 

sandorski

No Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Shoot self in head. Not much $ Damage, but shooter wouldn't be around to see that and frankly one's Life is >>>>>>>>>all the $ in the World.
 

halik

Lifer
Oct 10, 2000
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Shooting the o/p in the balls, thereby eliminating his ability to reproduce and create more idiotic threads like this.
 

Genx87

Lifer
Apr 8, 2002
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Shoot something in the ammo hold inside a nimitz class carrier. Watch the ensuing fireworks.
 

AndrewR

Lifer
Oct 9, 1999
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I'd go for a critical valve or control panel in a nuclear reactor. Even a minor leak would cause havoc both within the plant and the local area.

Originally posted by: sao123
Originally posted by: JDawg1536
Shoot a stealth bomber pilot mid flight.

unless the warhead is armed, it will do nothing.

Plus, there are two pilots in a B-2.
 

ultimatebob

Lifer
Jul 1, 2001
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Originally posted by: Spartan Niner
Shoot it out of something like this and you get more options:

http://www.cx4storm.com

Nice gun, but mine's a .45 so you can't use mine :) Besides... it's only accurate to about 100 yards.

Anyway, I think that you should shoot Madonna with it. The weeks of mourning from their millions of fans and gay men (not sure why, but gay men love Madonna), should cost the world billions in lost productivity.
 

DeadByDawn

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Dec 22, 2003
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Originally posted by: halik
Shooting the o/p in the balls, thereby eliminating his ability to reproduce and create more idiotic threads like this.

That would save us money.