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IIRC, it seemed like it came down to one of his "friends" deciding that it would be reall cool to fire the thing while his buddy had his face in front of it. This, of course, is downplayed, so that the "tragedy of evil guns" story can be paraded further. Never mind the cruelty of using a live animal, the juvenile stupidity of igniting explosives in front of someone's face, or the reality that these rather easy-to-make toys (yes, toys) can be fashioned together by anyone willing (meaning regulation of them is virtually pointless). It's an opportunity to remind us cattle that even little harmless guns are eeevil andmust be banned... for the sweet, swet little children of course. You know... the ones who would put live animals in an exploding chamber, who would ignite combustible materials on the face of a child, and let us never forget that the "innocent kiddies" killed my gunsare more likely to be gang members and drug dealers than happy GameBoy addicts with B- averages.

Actually, this happened a while ago close to Dallas. The kid tried to fire the gun and it wouldn't go off, so (naturally) he looked down the barrel of the gun and pulled the trigger a few times.

When potato guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have potato guns.