Potato guns aren't toys to those they have maimed

The State ^ | Jul. 14, 2003 | PEYTON D. WOODSON

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[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Ping, Mr. Potato Gun.

[tubebender]

I believe this story has made the rounds of FR at least once and it wasn't recently......

[Poohbah]

Although the fuse was lit, the gun didn't fire, and Berry looked down the barrel to see what was wrong. Suddenly, the gun went off.

And this guy wanted us to trust him with fifty megabucks worth of government property?

[Paleo Conservative]

hough the fuse was lit, the gun didn't fire, and Berry looked down the barrel to see what was wrong. Suddenly, the gun went off.

"Everything went red and black," he said.

Is he sure it wasn't red and green?

[joesnuffy]

neither are bicycles tricycles skateboards surfboards boats dirt bikes jet skis snowmobiles xcountry skies snow boards and blenders.....
activity hurts people...cease all activity and only suffer bed sores

[x1stcav]

With all due respect, I don't think he was Air Force material.

[Servant of the Nine]

Think of it as Evolution in Action

So9

[Malsua]

Gee, I've had a Potato gun for at least the last 15 years and have never harmed myself or anyone with it.

Darwin award for sure.

[tubebender]

Here is the post...http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/894627/posts

[Ichneumon]

I've long felt that a big part of the problem is modern attitudes about how to raise kids.

Today, we try to childproof the world. In the old days (and when I grew up), they tried to worldproof the child.

Today, by safety crusaders trying to remove/ban everything that could even scratch someone, it gives kids a false sense of security. They think that the entire world has been "safed" for them, they don't think about the dangers inherent in every activity, and eventually they run into something that's going to bite them on the ass -- if not while kids, then when they go out into the adult world.

Back in the "good old days", kids played with sharp sticks, darts, cap guns, firecrackers, etc., and learned very early on that a) they're not invulnerable, and b) just about anything can cause damage/pain to you if you don't use your head about being appropriately careful. As a result, they were far less likely to do something dangerously foolish the rest of their lives (at least not through blissful carelessness).

[MichaelDammit]

gee...this exceeds 50 cal doesnt it??

[Young Werther]

My daughter and a classmate made a potato gun for a freshman science class. they received A Grades. They videotaped their results and my daugher produced a Power Point presentation and the Power Point and video clip was shown on a laptop!

This year We built a cradel for the potatoe gun and my daughter calculated ranges based on barrel elevation. I helped her measure the results and she competed in the Dallas County Science Fair.

Next year I hope that she will prepare a paper on the NASA supergun that is being developed at White Sands.

Guns in the hands of fools are dangerous. Kinda like Al_Blore looking down the barrel of his M-16 which has been posted here many times.

[Sloth]

I don't think they even let mentally retarded boys be Air Force pilots.

[ysoitanly]

ROFLMAO!!

[IronJack]

The safetycrats will come after potato guns next. "You can put your eye out with one of those things, ya know!"

[the_Watchman]

That was an interesting observation.

When my kids were little, they would reach up for the burner on the stove. My wife wanted me to turn it off. Instead, I turned it down. I left it hot enough so that they would realize that it wasn't the place to play, but not so hot that they would get severely burned. Naturally, I simultaneously informed them to stay away from the burners, knowing that kids will be kids.

[squidly]

"Don't buy them. They're guns," he said.

Something wrong with buying guns?

[xm177e2]

Although the fuse was lit, the gun didn't fire, and Berry looked down the barrel to see what was wrong. Suddenly, the gun went off.

Let's face it: we don't want to see this guy in a fighter jet cockpit.