XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 1/22/2021 8:37 PM, Dechucka wrote:   
   > On 23/01/2021 1:59 pm, Just Wondering wrote:   
   >> On 1/22/2021 5:44 PM, Dechucka wrote:   
   >>> On 23/01/2021 11:29 am, Klaus Schadenfreude wrote:   
   >>>> On Sat, 23 Jan 2021 08:26:52 +1100, Dechucka wrote:   
   >>>>> On 23/01/2021 8:14 am, Just Wondering wrote:   
   >>>>>> On 1/22/2021 1:39 PM, Mighty Wannabe wrote:   
   >>>>>>> Just Wondering wrote on 2021-01-22 3:30 PM:   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> 10. I lost all my guns in an unfortunate boating accident.   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Did that boating accident happen inside a pawnshop?   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> It happened in open water.   
   >>>>>> It happened to millions of people.   
   >>>>>> Lots of guns accidentally falling into the ocean is the   
   >>>>>> reason water levels are rising.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Actually dropping a rifle into the water from a boat will cause the   
   >>>>> water level to fall.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Things must work differently in the southern hemisphere.   
   >>>   
   >>> Simple science. As the mass of the rifle in the boat is heavier than   
   >>> water when it is dropped into the water is displaces less water and   
   >>> the water level falls   
   >>   
   >> You overlook the dispacement that happens when the gun is first   
   >> put in the water.  1.  Boat with no gun.  2.  Add gun, more   
   >> displacement, water level rises.   
   >   
   > More displacement because of the MASS of the gun   
   >   
   >>   3.  Gun falls overboard.   
   >> Displacement from gun in water equals lost displacement from gun   
   >> no longer in boat.   
   >   
   > Displacement of the the water is now due to the VOLUME of the gun, as it   
   > is heavier than water the displacement due to is' volume is less and the   
   > water level water drops.   
      
   It doesn't drop to the same level it was before the gun was placed in   
   the boat.   
   >   
   >   4. Result is a net increase in water level.   
   >>   
   >> Placing any non-bouyent object in an enclosed body of water   
   >> displaces a volume of water equal to the volume of the object,   
   >> causing the water level to rise. The intermediate steps of   
   >> putting the object in a boat and then taking it out of the   
   >> boat has no net effect on the total displacement.   
   >   
      
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