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So many, but let's start with firearms as I've been binging cop/drug/special agent shows lately and I'm grumpy

  • Bullets do not "spark" on impact.  
  • Protagonist shoulder impacts - especially around the clavicle destroy the entire arm.  It's done.  If it nicks the deltoid, maybe...but a solid hit anywhere around the joint and it's game over.
  • Reloading.  It's a thing
  • Hiding behind cars.  Not a thing.  Pistol rounds maybe.  Rifle rounds, outside of the engine block, are passing through.  Especially the doors.
  • Pistol accuracy - when did every cop, every criminal, and every agent learn to shoot their sidearm with the accuracy and efficacy of a tier 1 operator that spends tens of thousands of rounds a week in practice.
  • Suppressors.  They are not "silencers", they are suppressors.  And unless they are using sub-sonic ammo, and even that isn't "silent" it's still loud.  Especially inside.  A suppressed, sub-sonic .22lr is the only thing that comes close to "Hollywood quiet"
  • Vests - they can stop many pistol rounds, but you will often have cracked ribs and internal bleeding as a souvenir.  

On to explosives

  • Grenades make a very loud "pop".  There is no fireball.  They don't take down buildings.  It's not like a can of gasoline ignited.
  • Cars when they catch fire don't explode.  They burn aggressively, but they don't explode like a 55 gallon drum of gasoline

When someone has a gun trained on someone else, and they walk up right next to them. Of course the gun is immediately knocked away and a fight ensues. Um, it's a gun. You can still shoot him from say 10 feet away. You don't have to get close enough to where they can just knock it out of your hands, and then punch you.

3 minutes ago, Red Five said:

When someone has a gun trained on someone else, and they walk up right next to them. Of course the gun is immediately knocked away and a fight ensues. Um, it's a gun. You can still shoot him from say 10 feet away. You don't have to get close enough to where they can just knock it out of your hands, and then punch you.

Yeah, back in the 80's the FBI created what they called the Tueller Drill.  Stating that if someone is within 21ft of you, they can close the gap faster than you can draw, aim, and fire your pistol.  It's not 100% accurate, but the point is clear.  Keep your distance.  

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