Simulation showing how many LEGO it would take to stop a bullet is leaving people stunned

Guns are pretty good at penetrating things, but have you ever considered how many pieces of LEGO it would take to stop a bullet?

Of course you have considered how many LEGO pieces could stop a bullet - that is the ideal shower-thoughts question.

Thankfully, we now have a simulation depicting just that.

Obviously, there are plenty of factors that play a part in how far a bullet can penetrate, things like how far it is shot from before coming into contact with something, as well as the caliber of the bullet.

It seems the simulation, recently shared on the YouTube page of Zachdfilms, thought of everything and shows how three bullets would respond, a 9mm bullet, a .45 caliber bullet and a high-speed rifle round.

The narrator in the video stated: “If you shot a bullet at a LEGO most people think it would just explode.

“That’s because LEGO blocks are mostly air making them no match for a gun.

“But if you used the thinnest LEGO piece and stacked them together, 22 of them would actually be enough to stop a 9mm bullet.

“A .45 caliber bullet, which is slower but heavier, needs 28 plates to stop its force.

“And a high-speed rifle round would tear through 60 LEGO plates before coming to a stop.”

People on social media were understandably shocked and began commenting their surprise.

One user wrote: “Let me really quickly stack 100 lego plates together for full safety.”

Another added: “Bank robbers boutta start wearing Lego armor now.”

With a third person cheekily adding: “so hypothetically, 62 lego plates would make me unstoppable.”

Someone else commented: “Imagine being stranded in the warzone, just got shot in your last plate, and you just hear the building sound from the LEGO games.”

But with all that being said, it is probably not best to get smart or cheeky when it comes to gun safety.

In another video, the YouTuber outlined what would happen if you stuck your finger in the barrel of a gun and things went worse than you might expect, unlike with the LEGO armor.

The narrator said that some people believe their finger would stop the bullet and make the barrell explode but this isn’t exactly true.

The narrator explained: “Doing this would easily shatter your finger as the bullet continued on its path.”

However, they did note that if a gun had a terribly weakened barrel, putting your finger in it might be enough to ‘trap the expanding gases’ when it is fired.

But ultimately, this would still result in the bullet being released and breaking your finger.