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Western Michigan Man Dies After Homemade Cannon Explodes
cbs ^ | 07/04/2016

Posted on 07/05/2016 8:18:46 AM PDT by BenLurkin

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1 posted on 07/05/2016 8:18:47 AM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Pyrotechnics are part of Rocket Science. The perp here is likely not.


2 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...)
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To: BenLurkin

“Here, hold my beer and watch this!”


3 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.)
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To: BenLurkin

metals weaken from the shock and awe...

this happens with all cannons, inspections are recommended and use only the recommended charge.


4 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.)
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5 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...)
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To: BenLurkin

There, but for the grace of God ...


6 posted on 07/05/2016 8:28:29 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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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.


7 posted on 07/05/2016 8:32:13 AM PDT by GunHoardingCapitalist (Join me in the world of next Tuesday!)
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To: BenLurkin

I remember years ago reading how to make one out of plastic pipe and fired off with carbide. Never tried it.


8 posted on 07/05/2016 8:32:39 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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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.
9 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)
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At least he died doing something he loved.


10 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?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“At least he died doing something he loved.”


Good one !

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11 posted on 07/05/2016 9:00:02 AM PDT by Mears (Afrocentrism is "the invention of tradition"-----Hobsbawm)
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To: GunHoardingCapitalist

Unless confined in fixed ammo, smokeless usually just burns & fizzles. Howja manage to make it go boom?


12 posted on 07/05/2016 9:04:34 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: BenLurkin

Alcohol and commercial grade explosives, what could possibly go wrong?.......

CC


13 posted on 07/05/2016 9:35:00 AM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

The world is a sadder place since we lost John Candy.


14 posted on 07/05/2016 9:45:40 AM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: BenLurkin

ACME


15 posted on 07/05/2016 10:01:08 AM PDT by longfellow (Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
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To: longfellow

Sometimes the 2nd Amendment bites you in the butt.


16 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.)
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To: teeman8r

cumulative fatigue damage...I suspect he never studied Miner’s rule...


17 posted on 07/05/2016 10:54:02 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: teeman8r

Home Made,,?


18 posted on 07/05/2016 11:17:29 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Kommodor

It sure is!


19 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...)
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To: nascarnation

even your basic minecraft players know about that...


20 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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