XPost: talk.politics.guns   
   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   On 1/23/2021 5:45 PM, Dechucka wrote:   
   > On 24/01/2021 11:39 am, Just Wondering wrote:   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > So what? Look at the scenario given   
      
   "I lost all my guns in an unfortunate boating accident."  That's   
   the scenario I described:  1. Gun not in boat.  2.  Gun placed in   
   boat.  3.  Gun falls into water, stays there.   
      
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