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Nine Hurt, Possibly by Blowgun Darts
Drudge
| Jul 15
| AP
Posted on 07/15/2002 7:08:58 AM PDT by SLB
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To: Dakmar
Yep, potato guns, blow guns, PVC Cannons, Rubber Band guns, I do em all right there. Poison projectiles cost extra.
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posted on
07/15/2002 7:38:35 AM PDT
by
Khepera
To: SLB
A friend bought me a blowgun as a gift a couple years back, it was pretty high end as blow guns go, and the long darts that came with it were razor sharp.
It's amazing just how powerful they are, I like to target practice on an old dartboard I have. It is not uncommon for the darts to go all the way through the dartboard
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posted on
07/15/2002 7:40:25 AM PDT
by
apillar
To: SLB
I saw this on Xena last week- except the darts were poisonous.
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posted on
07/15/2002 7:42:05 AM PDT
by
rintense
To: Khepera
To: Khepera
BLOWGUN VELOCITY: The following information is based on a .40 caliber, 1 piece blowgun. When using a .50 caliber you can increase the velocity and accuracy by 25%.
36" accuracy is 100 feet, 200 feet per second
48" accuracy is 150 feet, 250 feet per second.
60" accuracy is 150 feet, 250 feet per second
Every time you add a 24" extension to one of these sizes, you'll be increasing your accuracy by 50 feet and your feet per second by another 150 feet per second.
To: Ciexyz
Those kids, they should get a job."Yeah -- how about 'Airport Security'?
To: Cachelot
I think these guys would blend well as Secret Service.
To: wimpycat
Especially the perky Catie Curare.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
07/15/2002 7:48:27 AM PDT
by
LonePalm
To: SLB
Brady Blowgun Law? Blowgun registration?
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posted on
07/15/2002 7:48:50 AM PDT
by
Consort
To: SLB
Sounds like a full "blown" epidemic.
To: Clink
"Careful now, you're profiling."What do I know about "profiling"?
I was taught in public school history class about the menacing tribes of 83 year-old white pygmy ladies in wheelchairs who aggressively defend their turf near and around parts of U.S. Route 50.
To: SLB; Squantos; wardaddy; Poohbah; harpseal
Damn right. Shoot a six inch long steel dart into me or someone with me and find out how much of a "prank" I consider it. In the "anthrax era" of terrorism, one may presume that any dart is poisoned, and a direct threat to your life. Shoot the bastards.
To: Travis McGee
But you should return fire with an appropriate weapon.
Once upon a time, as a young air wing jarhead, I was part of a merry band of young jarheads with more ingenuity on hand than there was official work to be ingenious at. So we came up with the blowgun from Heck. It fire parachute rigger's needles (those things are BIG) using compressed nitrogen from a NAN-2 cart as the propellant. The weapon had a trigger group (actually a valve release) made out of brass in the jet engine shop. We used cut-up IBM punch cards as a combination fin and sabot. A Tasco rifle scope from the Marine Corps Exchange finished off the weapon.
We were bagging rats at 100 meters with our toy...
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posted on
07/15/2002 8:23:13 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
To: SLB
Would you guys believe blowguns are already outlawed in California? I tried to buy one mailorder 25 years ago and was turned down.
To: Cachelot
Be vigilant. Report if you see something out of the ordinary. Nice penis gourd.
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posted on
07/15/2002 8:38:25 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Is that guy in the middle Ol' Dirty Bastard ?
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posted on
07/15/2002 8:43:01 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: TC Rider
Nice penis gourd. ...pen is mightier than the gourd...(he ducks)
To: shadowman99
"It's time to close the blowgun-show loophole! A 10 day waiting period on the purchase of these weapons would cut down on incidents like this."But it's not just the weapons themselves! We've got control the propellants!
Require a license to breathe!
Or do they already do that in D.C.?
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posted on
07/15/2002 8:48:31 AM PDT
by
Redbob
To: Poohbah
LOL! Where do I get one? Where the rats in the open, out in a field, in a hangar?
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posted on
07/15/2002 8:49:28 AM PDT
by
Kermit
To: Kermit
LOL! Where do I get one?You need to build the thing up yourself, just like we did. You'll need a nitrogen bottle, hi-pressure hose and valve, a tube that will hold pressure, parachute rigger's needles, IBM cards (cut into cones and glue to the end of the needles), and a valve to regulate discharge.
Where the rats in the open, out in a field, in a hangar?
In the hangar. We had the absolute WORST rat problem you ever saw in our hangar.
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posted on
07/15/2002 8:54:55 AM PDT
by
Poohbah
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