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Western Michigan Man Dies After Homemade Cannon Explodes
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| 07/04/2016
Posted on 07/05/2016 8:18:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:18:47 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin
Pyrotechnics are part of Rocket Science. The perp here is likely not.
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:20:32 AM PDT
by
Paladin2
(auto spelchk? BWAhaha2haaa.....I aint't likely fixin' nuttin'. Blame it on the Bossa Nova...)
To: BenLurkin
“Here, hold my beer and watch this!”
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:20:43 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
To: BenLurkin
metals weaken from the shock and awe...
this happens with all cannons, inspections are recommended and use only the recommended charge.
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:21:51 AM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:28:16 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: BenLurkin
There, but for the grace of God ...
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:28:29 AM PDT
by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: BenLurkin
Some friends of mine had a cannon that blew up on us on the 4th. One of the rocket scientists decided since we were out of black powder to use smokeless. The largest chunk weighed about 5 lbs and we found it lodged in the dirt hill after it passed through a VW bus. There was a lot of damage to property, but it was absolutely a miricle that nobody was killed or injured.
To: BenLurkin
I remember years ago reading how to make one out of plastic pipe and fired off with carbide. Never tried it.
To: BenLurkin
From
this source:
Police identified the victim as Anthony Herman, 46. They said he was lighting a homemade cannon about 10:45 p.m. when it exploded. They believe a piece of metal shrapnel hit him in the chest. A neighbor said it appeared he had moved away from the cannon after lighting it. “We heard a loud explosion and then we heard sirens and stuff,” neighbor Dan Fitzgerald said.
Somebody else started CPR, believing Herman was suffering a cardiac arrest, before rescuers arrived. But Michigan State Police said he died at the scene.
Neighbors said Herman had been firing from steel cannons about a foot tall.
Sounds like a chunk of shrapnel got him in the heart.
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:40:26 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
To: COBOL2Java
At least he died doing something he loved.
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posted on
07/05/2016 8:58:45 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(If Omar Mateen does not represent all Muslims, why does he represent all gun-owners?)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
“At least he died doing something he loved.”
Good one !
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:00:02 AM PDT
by
Mears
(Afrocentrism is "the invention of tradition"-----Hobsbawm)
To: GunHoardingCapitalist
Unless confined in fixed ammo, smokeless usually just burns & fizzles. Howja manage to make it go boom?
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:04:34 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: BenLurkin
Alcohol and commercial grade explosives, what could possibly go wrong?.......
CC
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:35:00 AM PDT
by
Celtic Conservative
(CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
To: Diana in Wisconsin
The world is a sadder place since we lost John Candy.
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posted on
07/05/2016 9:45:40 AM PDT
by
Kommodor
(Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
07/05/2016 10:01:08 AM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: longfellow
Sometimes the 2nd Amendment bites you in the butt.
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posted on
07/05/2016 10:49:42 AM PDT
by
namvolunteer
(Obama says the US is subservient to the UN and the Constitution does not apply. That is treason.)
To: teeman8r
cumulative fatigue damage...I suspect he never studied Miner’s rule...
To: teeman8r
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posted on
07/05/2016 11:17:29 AM PDT
by
Big Red Badger
(UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
To: Kommodor
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posted on
07/05/2016 11:31:15 AM PDT
by
Diana in Wisconsin
(I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
To: nascarnation
even your basic minecraft players know about that...
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posted on
07/05/2016 12:37:49 PM PDT
by
teeman8r
(Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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