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  • The Official Florida Potato Gun Thread (are they legal here?)

    12/31/2008 8:32:20 AM PST · by RightFighter · 40 replies · 3,091+ views
    Vanity | 12 | RightFighter
    Several years ago, on a vacation trip to my brother's house in North Carolina, my dad and I made a really nice combustion potato gun out of PVC pipe. We were launching potatoes using AquaNet hairspray at least 300 yards from our position. It was great fun. We brought the spud gun home with us and it's been sitting in my garage ever since, unused. The trigger mechanism is broken, so this week I was considering buying a new trigger so that I could get it working again. I thought I'd check with law enforcement to find out what the...
  • Alleged Potato Gun Plot Lands Seven Suspects In Hot Water

    02/26/2003 7:22:48 AM PST · by Overtaxed · 33 replies · 1,157+ views
    WRAL-TV ^ | Feb 25, 2003 | Kamal Wallace
    <p>LENOIR COUNTY, N.C. -- Seven people are charged with attacking a Lenoir County deputy's house with a gun that shoots potatoes. Officers say the homemade device could have injured or killed someone.</p> <p>Authorities said the suspects took a section of PVC pipe and placed a potato in it. The suspects then allegedly put chemicals in one end of the pipe and ignited it, firing the potato.</p>