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Man loses leg in target practice explosion
WSB ^ | Mar 24, 2016 | Brett Rosner

Posted on 03/25/2016 2:53:24 PM PDT by Gamecock

Edited on 03/25/2016 3:38:07 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

WALTON COUNTY, Ga

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TOPICS: Extended News; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: banglist; georgia; tannerite; targetpractice
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To: Gamecock

“Hold my beer”....


21 posted on 03/25/2016 3:13:29 PM PDT by Kozak (ALLAH AKBAR = HEIL HITLER)
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To: Gamecock

That looks like fun. Not the severed leg part, the boom part. When in doubt, get the hell back or behind something besides a sapling.


22 posted on 03/25/2016 3:16:09 PM PDT by dainbramaged (Get out of my country now)
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To: Gamecock

doh!!!


23 posted on 03/25/2016 3:16:49 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Gamecock

When I was a kid, I used to shoot at a Coke can until it was hopping around. I think that makes more sense.


24 posted on 03/25/2016 3:20:18 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Offhand I would have thought being 75 feet away was enough. He was unlucky because a good size piece of shrapnel headed right towards his leg. Maybe part of the lawnmower blade? He lost one leg below the knee.


25 posted on 03/25/2016 3:21:08 PM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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To: Repeal The 17th; Secret Agent Man

BLOTT


26 posted on 03/25/2016 3:23:05 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: humblegunner

Bet he has a blog.


27 posted on 03/25/2016 3:23:49 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: Gamecock

anything that ends with the actor screaming “Blew muh laig off!” is not good


28 posted on 03/25/2016 3:31:03 PM PDT by bigbob
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To: Secret Agent Man

>Buy your tannerite now before libtards ban it because of one idiot.

Yep. Soon we will have to separate the white prills from our bags of 20-20-20 and take the Al powder from our etch-a-sketches just to make a good bang.


29 posted on 03/25/2016 3:33:48 PM PDT by soycd
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Nobody who has ever cut steel with explosives would think that even 100 yards was safe. Shrapnel travels for miles.


30 posted on 03/25/2016 3:36:15 PM PDT by jdege
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To: Gamecock

Was he tring to win a Darwin Award?


31 posted on 03/25/2016 3:38:44 PM PDT by kaehurowing
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To: Gamecock

There ain’t no cure for stupid. Ron White


32 posted on 03/25/2016 3:39:16 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Gamecock

Yankee story beginning: `Once upon a time ... ‘
Southern story opener: `Y’all ain’t gonna believe this ****’


33 posted on 03/25/2016 3:39:57 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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To: tumblindice

LOL, I know that’s true because I was born a Yankee, but have lived in the south for 40 years now.


34 posted on 03/25/2016 3:44:58 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jdege

We have a yearly family get together that always includes tannerite. We put it out at 100 yards and shoot from inside the shed. We still hear parts landing on the roof. However, we don’t allow beer to be consumed during these scientific experiments.


35 posted on 03/25/2016 3:45:18 PM PDT by shelterguy
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To: doorgunner69

Good story, stick to it. Admit nothing. Ever.


36 posted on 03/25/2016 3:45:33 PM PDT by EandH Dad (sleeping giants wake up REALLY grumpy)
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To: dennisw
Offhand I would have thought being 75 feet away was enough. He was unlucky because a good size piece of shrapnel headed right towards his leg. Maybe part of the lawnmower blade? He lost one leg below the knee.

I am surprised they could not reattach it. Medical science has become quite good at that nowadays.

I feel for the guy. He was just incredibly unlucky. With 360 degrees that thing could have gone, it was an amazing stroke of bad luck that it picked that tiny little spot where he was standing.

37 posted on 03/25/2016 3:49:13 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Gamecock

http://www.tannerite.com/

Sounds like a candidate for a Darwin award.


38 posted on 03/25/2016 3:51:25 PM PDT by LoneStar42
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To: Gamecock

Now that’s a teachable moment.


39 posted on 03/25/2016 3:54:32 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Gamecock

“Hold muh beer and watch this.”


40 posted on 03/25/2016 3:55:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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