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I convinced my little brother to do a science experiment where we measured the explosive power of black powder by seeing how high it would launch a metal ball o
by dkhenry 13y ago
I convinced my little brother to do a science experiment where we measured the explosive power of black powder by seeing how high it would launch a metal ball out of a tube ( We basically made a vertically fixed homemade cannon ) He brought our apparatus the balls and black powder to his presentation. Had he done this today I imagine he would have been arrested for possessing a weapon of mass destruction.
- mapt 13y agoYou may jest, but in a ridiculous turn of events modern US law classifies all destructive devices (such as guns with a bore of more than 2 inches) as Weapons of Mass Destruction, under Title 18 USC § 2332a
- darkarmani 13y agoNJ has classified bb guns as firearms. If you are a 17 year old kid goofing around with a bb gun and shoot your friend (who hasn't?), you can be tried as an adult (felonies) for firearms violations. http://www.mercercountycriminallawyer.com/Trenton-NJ-BB-Gun-Lawyer.shtml http://www.mercercountycriminallawyer.com/Trenton-NJ-BB-Gun-...
- JWLong 13y agoTo hear my dad tell it, "back in the day" kids just had shoot-outs in the backyard with Red Ryder BB guns...
- darkarmani 13y agoI've been shot with a BB gun a few times (late 80s, early 90s). Now, the way the law is that would be prison time for the shooter in NJ.
- JWLong 13y agoTo hear my dad tell it, "back in the day" kids just had shoot-outs in the backyard with Red Ryder BB guns...