A shootout at the Waffle House? What has this world come to? I bet that employee is the chief's new best friend.

The DVD must have been like 2 inches thick.

@Altanader: It's a shoot out, you know... they're dodging and weaving...
It could happen... just let them have their glory... it could happen...
LOL!!!

I think the fact that the bullet went through another person, and then a window, had more to do with stopping the bullet than the DVD did.

Minor damage to the DVD? You mean it can still play fine? It must be made of adamantium or something.

A Recording???? Think he'll be receiving a call from the MPAA soon...

He got it to help him fight fire; instead, it helped him in a fire fight.

That'll teach him not to order his hash browns diced, chunked, smothered, covered and shot!

are you sure it wasn't blu-ray? you know they 'won' the format war...and it has a pretty thick coating...

I understand there wasn't even an argument involved or anything. The guys were just still really sticky after the Waffle House and everyone knows sticky fingers and firearms just don't mix.

Think next time guys.

Since when do they make kevlar dvd cases?

HAHA SWEET...I would frame it

This is not real... I have guns (registered ;) and this story is completely bogus. UNLESS it was the Halo2 ltd edition dvd case made out of Atomantium.

I'm glad that the DVD only suffered minor damage.

I can only guess it was just dense enough to deflect the bullet at the cost of shattering the DVD.

Good thing it didn't "thread the needle" and go through the hole in the center of the DVD. =)

He was so lucky! The bullet that caused "minor damage" to a DVD would have TORN HIM IN HALF otherwise.

Oh yeah, and Worst. Gift. Ever.

"Happy Birthday, Barry! I recorded a show about fire extinguishers for you!"

@mcsurfer3393:
Even a powerful airsoft gun can shoot a hole in a dvd case. Considering how much more powerful a real gun is, this story sounds a (little) far-fetched. That must have been one weak-ass gun.

This is the very reason why i go to iHop, that and the fact its kinda apple related.

I heard this story listening to NPR today on the drive into work. Very fortunate for the fire chief to walk away from this one.

Bulletproof glass is usually made from laminated polycarbonate. Even single-layer DVDs are made as a sandwich of two polycarbonate blanks.

@dingus:
I doubt it is of the same quality and thickness ;)

@Nathan Drake: It could have been a .22. 22 caliber bullets don't travel that fast from a gun, since they have less powder behind them, and being so small, they are deflected easy by hard objects. The DVD case would have been enough to change the trajectory of the bullet and stop it. Especially depending on the angle in which he was shot. Since he never thought he had been shot at during the fight, it is likely that the bullet came in from an angle and was caught in the DVD case and stopped.

It could have been a bum round,passed through a wall , window etc. Who knows, who cares even if it had been going just slow enough to get stopped by a couple layers of plastic, your skin is a lot softer than a dvd case, it would have wounded him badly and possibly killed the guy.

Forget inanimate carbon rod, the dvd case should get employee of the month.

Three words.... Ri co chet

The DVD, a recording of a show about fire extinguishers, was gifted to him...

Given. It was given to him.

Walterboro. Figures.
Probably a HD-DVD too.
(I KNEW they'd make a comeback of some sort)

@TickleMeElmo: He was so lucky! The bullet that caused "minor damage" to a DVD would have TORN HIM IN HALF otherwise.

Quite so. Let's not get carried away here, folks. He likely would have suffered minor bruising had the DVD not been there.

I call BS

@mcsurfer3393: DId you read the article? He wasn't the first person/object struck by the bullet. Not going to bother copy-pasting the specifics, but it's real.

I'm not going to bother reading the original article but Giz, first you say a "loose DVD" and then you say "shattered DVD case." Next you'll say he also had a flask in his pocket (fire department gifted, of course).

@FubarGuy: see and i was just going to say it sounds like he survived the ricochet and not the original shot.

The surprising thing is that some Waffle House employee actually burned a DVD..

@fsusmithc2: Ah yeah; "Shootout at The Waffle House"...
... good times, good times...

See, this is why I prefer IHOP. You can't get "shootout angry" when you've just ordered a Rootie Tootie Fresh 'n Fruity.

@92BuickLeSabre: Priceless irony...

This just arrived: The man was arrested, charged with copyright violation by the MPAA on the contents of the DVD.
Looks like Barry McRoy wasn't that lucky after all.

(I'm just kidding of course. Just saying it because, you know, this just sounds like something RIAA and MPAA could actually do).

Blu-ray would have shot back

Looks like they got themselves a reader!

/with apologies to Bill Hicks

[www.wyff4.com]

Waffle House normally has like 1/2 inch to 1 inch glass all around it considering it is a mostly glass building.

And this story says it shattered the glass and hit him so this story is very likely.

That bullet is called a BB in my neck of the woods.

@Nintenboy01: I seriously doubt they would put a show about fire extinguishers on an adamantium DVD. Now if it was the J.Lo/Kim Kardashian sex tape, that's a different story...

@Way: Try reading the entire article next time. The case was shattered, the DVD disc itself only suffered minor damage.

The bullet had to have already hit something if it didn't have enough energy to go through two thin layers of plastic.

Heheh... I've actually BEEN to that exact Awffle House. it was much less exciting when I was there, though... I think some kid threw a piece of bacon on the floor.

was it a pellet gun shootout? what kind of gun doesn't have enough force to break through a dvd? Even a .22 would kick the dvd's ass.

Great! Now we need to wear a bullet-proof vest just to go out for breakfast.

One of the men has just been identified as Ralphie Parker.

When asked why he brought his Red Ryder into the Waffle House he replied, "You'll shoot YOUR eye out...bitch".

Little is known about Ralphie although sources close to him state that he has had a very traumatic childhood. More to come as this story develops.

Hey, that's freaking cool!! I filmed and edited the Split Second Survival, Live Fire DVD!

A shootout at a Waffle House? We need that level in Call of Duty 4. Listen up you map modders.

It all depends on the angle, the caliber, and what he was wearing. A friend of mine and I stayed up all New Years eve one time diagnosing a PC and found it was a faulty cable. He took it out back that morning when we discovered it and shot it three times with his .380 and it didn't even penetrate the 8 layer mylar motherboard.

A DVD is hard, and layered so it's possible. I've heard of .22 caliber bullets being stopped by a leather jacket. If he was wearing it and a coat, then it would be more than enough layers to keep it from getting to him. Good for him. I wish there was less people posting wishing he had died over this. What a freakshow of deathmongers.

Hey, Adam from Mythbusters lists this as number nine on the top ten websites he visits. Perhaps this would be good Mythbuster fodder?

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, waffles. Arrrggggggggggghhhh. [drool]

@MirDreams: I agree, this sounds like a job for mythbusters :D