PugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoJFK with an AR-15, and General Clifton with a CIA-designed crossbow, USA, 1963lemmy.worldimagemessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageJFK with an AR-15, and General Clifton with a CIA-designed crossbow, USA, 1963lemmy.worldPugJesus@lemmy.worldM to HistoryPorn@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareWarl0k3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 days agoOne of their previous attempts was [this](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d8cf5eaa-6d23-4f55-8595-8b68bb48cb8e.jpeg fucking thing, so at least the one clifton is holding won’t cause the enemies of democracy to pee themselves laughing… )
minus-squareShapillon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoDoes this still count as a crossbow if it isn’t the arms that are storing the energy?
minus-squarenova_ad_vitum@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoWhen the energy in the string is released on firing, wouldn’t the string be prone to jumping out of those hooks (that look a lot like wrench heads lol)?
minus-squareDominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoNGL, I want to go out back and shoot stuff with that.
minus-squareTrack_Shovel@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 days agoOh those things we flipped a few times down in Latin America.
One of their previous attempts was [this](https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/d8cf5eaa-6d23-4f55-8595-8b68bb48cb8e.jpeg fucking thing, so at least the one clifton is holding won’t cause the enemies of democracy to pee themselves laughing…
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Does this still count as a crossbow if it isn’t the arms that are storing the energy?
When the energy in the string is released on firing, wouldn’t the string be prone to jumping out of those hooks (that look a lot like wrench heads lol)?
NGL, I want to go out back and shoot stuff with that.
CIA: “What’s democracy?”
Oh those things we flipped a few times down in Latin America.