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Three German Men Face Weapons Charges for Potato Gun
Annanova ^
| 5/26/04
Posted on 05/26/2004 5:34:12 AM PDT by gcul
Three German men are facing weapons charges after being caught with a home-made potato gun.
The men were seen by a police patrol driving away from a lake in Kirchhain-Niederwald at speed.
Officers gave chase and stopped the men who told them they'd been trying out the potato gun in front of spectators.
The men said they'd got instructions on how to make the gun from the internet.
They'd used bits of piping and a fuse from a gas stove. They'd also used several spray cans to fire the weapon.
The men were also carrying a number of potatoes, and told officers their gun could fire potato pieces more than 300 yards.
The potato gun is classed as a firearm and none of the men had a permit to own or carry one.
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; germanyorflorida; gun; men; potato
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:34:13 AM PDT
by
gcul
To: gcul
2
posted on
05/26/2004 5:36:52 AM PDT
by
Puppage
To: gcul
3
posted on
05/26/2004 5:37:21 AM PDT
by
wbill
To: gcul
Was this a hunting tater gun or an assault tater gun?
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:37:39 AM PDT
by
Conspiracy Guy
(Proudly not proofreading since Jan 1954.)
To: Anoreth
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:39:55 AM PDT
by
Tax-chick
(GUNS - the anti-liberal!)
To: gcul
"The potato gun is classed as a firearm and none of the men had a permit to own or carry one."
Does one need a permit to own ammo ?
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:41:14 AM PDT
by
TYVets
(God so loved the world he didn't send a committee.)
To: gcul
Is this stupid or what? A friggin Potato gun. I saw a Marshmellow gun at the flea market the other day I suppose that is a concealed weapon.
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:41:34 AM PDT
by
sgtbono2002
(I aint wrong, I aint sorry , and I am probably going to do it again.)
To: gcul
The plural of German is Germen?? Ummm... I see. :-D
To: gcul
From the country that gave us the "potato masher" grenade.
9
posted on
05/26/2004 5:43:17 AM PDT
by
CrazyIvan
(Death before dishonor, open bar after 6:00)
To: gcul
How did these people almost conquer the world?
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:44:58 AM PDT
by
2banana
(They want to die for Islam and we want to kill them)
To: gcul
If potatoe guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have potatoe guns.
To: CrazyIvan
From the country that brought you gun confiscations and then "delousing" chambers.
12
posted on
05/26/2004 5:47:54 AM PDT
by
RightthinkinAmerican
(If Berg's beheading was our fault because of the prison photos, how did we cause Daniel Pearl's?)
To: Conspiracy Guy
Neither just a "Paul Harvey" model, common tater gun.
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:48:14 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: gcul
Some kids in my town shot a potato gun that they thought would only go 50 feet.
It wound up going across the street, through a plate-glass living-room window, through a sliding-glass door, and into a swimming pool.
The owner of the house was less than amused.
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:48:50 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
(Four thousand throats may be cut in a single night by a running man -- Kahless the Unforgettable)
To: sgtbono2002
I'm really curious about the fuse from a gas stove.
Now just what could that be?
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:49:04 AM PDT
by
BeerSwillr
(Profanity free since 2003-12-17 20:41:45)
To: 2banana
"How did these people almost conquer the world?"
Well, you gettin the idea that the rest of Yurp ain't that smart neither?
The only country tough enough to withstand them was U.K., and they did it with their brains. Our Motherland, you know.
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:49:50 AM PDT
by
HighWheeler
(def.- Democrats: n. from Greek; “democ” - many; “rats” - ugly, filthy, bloodsucking parasites.)
To: Poohbah
I have a picture of several wide eyed kids standing there for a second and scattering like cockroaches. LOL!
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:50:15 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: BeerSwillr
The word probably ought to be translated "ignitor". As is a piezoelelectric sparker.
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:51:35 AM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn't be, in its eyes, a slave.)
To: gcul
I wonder nobody has posted this picture of the offenders yet. ;)
To: BeerSwillr
The guys in the neighborhood were using the igniter from a propane grill, it works perfectly, and has the remote start button. They were firing potatoes hundreds of yards using a loooong barrel and a lot of hair spray.
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posted on
05/26/2004 5:52:01 AM PDT
by
HighWheeler
(def.- Democrats: n. from Greek; “democ” - many; “rats” - ugly, filthy, bloodsucking parasites.)
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