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Georgia man loses leg after firing rifle at lawnmower packed with explosives
The Telegraph ^ | 03-26-2016 | Robert Tait,

Posted on 03/26/2016 5:20:17 PM PDT by NRx

The three friends no doubt thought shooting at an old lawnmower would be a fun way of exercising America’s gun ownership rights.

But packing it with Tannerite explosive beforehand turned out to be a serious mistake when the target exploded in a dangerous hail of flying metal that hit one of the men, causing horrific injuries that cost him his leg.

This footage shows the moment when 23-year-old David Presley is struck by debris from the machine after firing at it with a high-powered rifle at close range.

Mr Presley and his two accomplices in Walton County in the southern state of Georgia packed the lawnmower with 3ib of Tannerite - a binary explosive designed to make a loudly combusting target for firearms practice - before shooting at it from just 14 yards away.

“It went terribly bad from there,” he admitted ruefully afterwards.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
Based on his priors, he should have called a lawn maintenance company to do his yard work


61 posted on 03/27/2016 2:26:25 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
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To: NRx

Must be a really bad shot if he had to use his “high powered rifle” from withing 45’ to be able to hit a lawnmower...proof positive that some folks are too stupid to handle guns/explosives/lawnmowers


62 posted on 03/27/2016 4:23:03 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: BipolarBob

private reply sent


63 posted on 03/27/2016 8:00:35 AM PDT by calljack (Sometimes your worst nightmare is just a start.)
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To: bigbob

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3kJ6SU3ycs


64 posted on 03/27/2016 8:04:59 AM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Cruz=VAT tax= No thanks.)
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To: Rastus

“Who was holding his beer?”

Bubba.


65 posted on 03/27/2016 9:10:43 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: NRx

“If I see anyone drinking and handling firearms, I’m outta there.”

Ditto.

And same with folks not wearing hearing protection. I figure it they don’t have enough sense to wear hearing protection, they don’t have enough sense to be wielding a firearm.


66 posted on 03/27/2016 9:12:57 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Vendome

That is HILARIOUS


67 posted on 03/27/2016 9:13:42 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: NRx

Inquiring minds want to know. Was he legless before he did this?


68 posted on 03/28/2016 8:01:43 PM PDT by Oztrich Boy ('Life is a comedy to those who think and a tragedy for those who feel' - Horace Walpole)
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