Don't play with guns. 
2003 Reader Submission
Pending Acceptance
A friend and I, being bored and surrounded by tools, decided to make a black powder shotgun out of a length of pipe, igniting it with a fuse sticking out of the side. Every now and then, we would throw it in the car, grab some black powder, fuse, and BBs, and head out into the woods to blast holes in trees. One day, after loading it, we were walking from the car when my friend dropped the can of powder and it spilled on the ground, which was a layer of gravel. My friend tried scooping it up and putting it back into its container, but the whole time, I was yelling, "Light it! Light it!" My friend reluctantly complied. However, a whole lot more powder than I thought had been spilled, and the only thing I remember seeing was a huge fireball headed straight for my head. I covered my face with my free hand (the other was holding the pipe), then started swatting burning pieces of powder out of my hair. It was while I was doing that when I realized the barrel of our homemade firearm had been pointed straight at my face, and the fuse was dangerously close to where only recently there had been fire. If the fuse had ignited, the gun would have blown my face off.
This story is submitted by the same guy who sent in a story about trying to create a plume of flame by exhaling butane through a lit cigarette and almost setting his head on fire.
I'll win one day, you just wait!!! Submitted on 01/13/02
Submitted by:
Steve
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