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Lets build a flame cannon

2007 Reader Submission
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I'm not a writer but here are the basics. Some guys including the 21/22 year old nominee thought it would be cool and fun to build a flame throwing cannon. So they packed a three foot two inch piece of pipe with some gun powder that they gathered by cutting open shotgun shells. When ignited it blew up killing the 21/22 year old. Here are links to the two versions of the story North County Times http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/05/25/news/coastal/oceanside/28_19_475_24_07.txt San Diego Union Tribune http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070525/news_1m25pubsafe.html Feel free to rewrite this.

Submitted on 05/25/2007

Submitted by: Brant
Reference: North County Times 5/25/07 San Diego Union Tribune 5/25/07

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Bruce said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
I'm on the fence with this sort of story being too common. For some reason a lot of people seem to like retrieving gunpowder from shells in order to make cannons, fireworks, etc. and then end up regretting the outcome. Thanks for the story, Brant, let's see what the others have to say.


James said:
Definitely Keep: Darwin Award
In general, fireworks-related incidents ARE too common, but going to such legnths to make a homemade cannon aren't! In the end, what they made was effectively a bomb and not a cannon...but they didn't think about that, now did they?! Even medieval artisans who crafted the first guns knew that they had to be strong enough to withstand exploding gunpowder. A two-inch pipe simply isn't strong enough! I'll go DA!


Graham said:
Neutral: Darwin Award
Although such tales ARE too common, these guys went out of their way in an attempt to eliminate themselves. In my book ANYONE who attempts to make any form of weapon and who lacks the necessary skills to do so is a potential DA contender. If this weapon had worked, what would they have done with it? Definitely NOT save the rainforests . . .


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