Okay so let me get this straight, AK 47’s are legal but potato guns are illegal? Am I crazy or does that seem a little strange.
If you are fully aware that something is going to fly out of something else at a very high velocity, it would seem logical not to look directly down the barrel of that something else. Dumb kid.
A few friends of mine used to play with potato guns all the time. No barbecues within 5 miles had their iginitors after a while. Incidentally, we live in the country so it’s not as many people as you might think.
They should definitely charge the kids with aggravated animal cruelty.
Just wait till PETA hears about this. Their sympathies will be with the FROG!
I think the potato gun’s legality varies by state (in the U.S.)…
Bwahahaha! Killer frog!
Well, my sympathies are with the frog.
Actually, real Ak-47s, being fully automatic weapons, require a special licensening, a tax, and a whole bunch of paperwork to obtain legally, and they are banned entirely in a couple states. You can get semi-auto Ak-47 lookalikes at almost any gun store though. I also agree that making potato guns illegal is ridculous - I had one in my early teen years, and the worst me and my friends ever got from them was bruises and minor burns. Of course, we used tennis balls, not potatoes, as ammo, and they don’t hurt as much.
I just wanted to mention that I think that is so perfectly said.
Speaking as a spudgun owner, I constructed mine from excess stuff found in my shop while recovering from an accident when I had way too much time on my hands. It’s fun, but I treat it as I do my 12 gauge shotgun:
My daughter can’t get at it
Looking down the barrel is NOT an option
No frogs or other reptiles are permitted to participate
My only concern is an assault from PETP- People for the Ethical Treament of Potatoes. :wally:
As are mine. The image of Ssack-jawed, drooling teenaged boys he-yucking over a potato gun and stuffing it with living creatures makes me ill.
Just a point, danceswithcats: frogs are not reptiles.
Where? In Highland?
[Beavis and Butthead]
FROG BASEBALL!!!
[/Beavis and Butthead]
That was the first thing that came to mind when I saw the thread title.
Oh, and my thoughts are also with poor Froggy. But he’s in Froggy Heaven now.
Oh the tragedy! Won’t anyone think of the tadpoles!
I heard the victim had a friend who was shot similarly, but a little lower in the head. He has refused to say anything to the police, however, as he has a frog stuck in his throat.
SCENE: INTERIOR, OPERATING ROOM, JOHN PETER SMITH HOSPITAL, FORT WORTH TX.
A TEAM OF SURGEONS SURROUND AN UNCONSCIOUS TEENAGER ON THE MAIN OPERATING TABLE. THE TEENAGER IS ON A SALINE DRIP AND HAS A BLOODIED, HORRIBLY MANGLED FACE. THE HEAD SURGEON CAREFULLY PROBES THE WOUND, GINGERLY PEELS BACK THE LACERATED SCALP, AND STARES WITH ASTONISHMENT INTO THE EXPOSED CAVITY.
VOICE FROM INSIDE HEAD WOUND:
Hello, my baby,
Hello, my honey,
Hello, my ragtime gal…
HAHAHAH!! Oh, God, you made my day… Michigan J…
- If you abuse me,
Baby, you’ll lose me…*
Then you’ll be left alone;
Oh Baby telephone . . .