• Warl0k3@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    At that range, absolutely. A blank will blow a sizable hole in a rat or mole. People die every year from the perception that blanks are “safe”; aside from any barrel debris or wadding that may be ejected, they are still completely lethal at very close ranges because of the pressure wave.

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      7 hours ago

      So outside of being loud, expensive, messy, overkill, and dangerous, what is the downside?

      Actually, I kind of wish this did catch on for more grocery aisle acceptable type items. Like right next to rat poison and car air fresheners.

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        6 hours ago

        For what it’s worth, you can buy blank refills for mole traps / nail guns at my local supermarket and they are in fact right next to the rat poison and air fresheners.

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          6 hours ago

          Fascinating; I bet our urban grocery stores have more holistic options and, behind the curtains, large-scale commercial solutions. Somewhere in the middle is the perfect store, where a man can choose every option on how to kill rodents while making that lingering smell in his car a little more tolerable.