AMazinBlue

March 25th, 2016 at 1:29 PM ^

What kind of dumb do you have to be to stand that close to an explosive?

I am a gun owner and fully support someone's right to LEGALLY own a firearm, but what kind of rifle was that.  Certainly seemed like an assault-type weapon to me.

Forrest Gump was right!

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LSAClassOf2000

March 25th, 2016 at 1:39 PM ^

Watching Tannerite explode a car from a distance, like they show in the clip, is about all you need to know when thinking about how ill-advised this is. Yikes.

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a different Jason

March 25th, 2016 at 3:14 PM ^

No one needs A gun. I need several guns. One for deer in the East, one for Deer/elk in the West, one for coyotes, one for upland birds, one for waterfowl, maybe a large caliber like 338 for moose, brown bear, Africa, bison/buffalo. You never know what you might feel like eating. Might as well have a military type rifle for killing paper because the ammo is so cheap. And you need a good rim fire too. So about 7. At least 7, I'd say.

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Don

March 25th, 2016 at 2:04 PM ^

Lawnmowers packed with explosives have played decisive roles in all of our country's great military victories. The Battle of Yorktown was decided when Washington deployed 350 Guerseys and Holsteins wrapped with gunpowder against the British troops, who were decimated by the bovine shrapnel. The Civil War was won when Sherman destroyed the Confederate lawn mower factories outside Chattanooga, and the Battle of the Bulge was won after Patton personally rode a heavily-packed Briggs & Stratton into the teeth of the German lines, dismounted, and detonated it with his pearl-handled .45 from just ten yards away.

When American patriots defend our freedoms anywhere in the world, you can be sure that lawn mowers packed with explosives are there making the ultimate sacrifice.

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The FannMan

March 25th, 2016 at 2:36 PM ^

There was a Discvoery show about some gunshop in Louisiana where they built very custom guns and frequently blew up stuff loaded with explosives with the guns they built.  Here is the catch - they were like 100 to 200 years away and behind cover when they did it.  They also told people not to try anything they saw at home or they could end up hurt or dead.  Turns out they were right! 

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