Space Station has a gun.

[bigwhite7.3stroker]

Heck yeah gotta have a gun even in SPACE

[Clay Henry]

Originally Posted by Maintain

No oxygen... gun won't fire unless they are in the cabin and if it punctures the side they could all be screwed.

The oxygen is encapsuled in the casing with the powder, it should fire just fine in space.


Hey, the suns on fire and its in space??

[Clay Henry]

heres a cool though. your bullet would actually reach the earth if you could aim it well enough...Of course it would enter the atmospher and melt on entry...

[Rodslinger]

BFG's and plasma guns don't have powder or bullets, don't you guys play Halo or Quake?

[Clay Henry]

Originally Posted by Rodslinger

BFG's and plasma guns don't have powder or bullets

Thats a good point!

[April]

What I know about guns is in the same range as what I know about diesel engines...I like the feel, the smell, the sound and being in control of one, but don't ask me how it does what it does!!

[SteveKran]

Modern firearms propellant has O2 locked up in it already.
The oxygen is locked in to the chemical composition of the propellant.
The reason the O2 is chemically in the propellant is the combustion of the propellant needs to be too fast to get O2 from around the cartridge. Also a cartridge would not contain enough air space inside to provide the O2 required for such an energetic explosion.

A Glock is known for firing underwater, why not space?