One Killed, Three Injured In Potato Gun Accident [Hold muh spud]

Ohio News Network ^ | June 27, 2004 | n/a

[Gun142]

One Killed, Three Injured In Potato Gun Accident

One person is dead and three others are in the hospital after a potato gun explosion.

The Champaign County Sheriff's office says one man was pronounced dead on the scene. His identity is not being released until his family is notified.

Three other men were injured in the accident.

Thirty-one-year-old Judd Coffey is listed in critical condition at Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton. Twenty-two-year-old Jason Anderson is listed in fair condition at Miami Valley Hospital. The condition of 48-year-old Robert Kiser is unknown.

The incident is believed to have happened late Saturday night when a potato gun can into contact with gun powder and exploded.

The sheriff's department is still investigating the explosion.

[Gun142]

Whattadork.
Don't use gun powder, use Aqua Net hair spray.


Why do I know that????!!!

[vetvetdoug]

Aqua net? Ever use Starting fluid? Not as explosive as gunpowder but better than Aqua net. How do I know that?

[Professional Engineer]

ping

[Gun142]

Tried brake cleaner once.
Why did I do that?

[RMDupree]

Whew! Spud guns can be hazardous to your health.

Especially if you're stupid like this fella...*wink*

[1stFreedom]

1. You stood too close to a potato gun and your 80's style big hair caught fire.
2. You were spraying your hair with aquanet near someone firing a potate gun.
3. You lit a match while your 80' style big hair was still wet with Aqua Net and the explosion sent you, the gun, and the potatoe into the air.

[RMDupree]

hehehhe..beat me to it, you ol' wizard!

[Rebelbase]

The gunpowder from one pack of firecrackers is enough to blow a cast iron water meter lid 10' vertical.

I learned that at 12 years old.

Don't ask what it did to the meter.

[f zero]

Darwin award candidate!

[TheBattman]

This is how fun things and activities get outlawed - stupid people who do stupid things....

Kind of falls under the old "Darwin Award", doesn't it....

[Vic3O3]

spud ping!

[f zero]

Just wait, John Kerry will call for an outright ban, or at least a waiting period or background checks.

[Professional Engineer]

Hiya Ruthy

[cynwoody]

[Gun142]

I shouldn't admit this, but a bunch of us 'adults' were cheering on supervising a half dozen 12 year old boys putting firecrackers in beer cans last night.

Was fun until they put a firecracker in a full can.....

[Gun142]

Some gun-grabbers want to tax bullets\ammo; new spud tax?

[RonF]

Many years ago, I observed an enterprising young man who had cut the tops and bottoms off of about 5 soda cans. He duct taped them togetehr end-to-end, and duct taped an empty but otherwise unmodfified can on the bottom. He punched a hole in the bottom, dropped a tennis ball into the top, shot lighter fluid into the bottom can and lit the hole.

The ball went about 50 yards. My across-the-street neighbor happened to be out in his front yard mowing the lawn on his rider mower, oblivious to all this. I didn't like him. I offered the young man $5.00 (this is back in ~1972) to see if he could get him.

The kid found the range in 3 shots. It was worth every penny.

[Gun142]

LOL
That's pretty good.

Best we did was shoot marker caps through EMT pipe [conduit] with 'lady fingers' (mini-firecrackers).

[dozer7]

Neutral mix Oxy-Acetelene

[sd-joe]

"when a potato gun can into contact with gun powder"

Came into contact with ...