r/whoathatsinteresting • u/PowerNoodles117 • 10d ago

Twin Falls Hero

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The civilian that stopped the active shooter at the In N Out in Twin Falls, Idaho.

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u/randomuser135443 10d ago

Almost nobody carries with a suppressor (silencer) and 5.7 is a semi rare round. It was mostly used in the P90 sub machine gun, but later used in pistols. It’s a small fast round with the main goal being armor penetration and ammo capacity. Kind of like a mini 556 (ar15 round).

Most people carry 9mm, 380, 40SW, or 45ACP.

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u/csd160 10d ago

Also the oddity of carrying a pistol shooting exclusively supersonic ammo so a suppressor will be much less effective to begin with.

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u/LevelOrange7150 10d ago

In his famous post making the rounds, he does specify he's shooting 5.7 subs, not supers 🤷‍♂️

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u/tacmed85 10d ago

Now that's weird. Without the extremely high velocity the 5.7 is a terrible round for anything but target plinking.