Man Kills Brother-In-Law with Potato!

[DudeAsInCool]

Posted February 2, 2005 12:29 PM.

Man gets probation in potato-gun death

URBANA, Ohio (AP) — A man was sentenced to three years probation after admitting he fired potatoes from a metal pipe contraption that exploded, killing his brother-in-law.

Judd B. Coffey, 32, also must perform 100 hours of community service for a charge of possessing a dangerous ordnance, under the ruling Tuesday by Champaign County Common Pleas Judge Roger Wilson.

http://www.mansfieldnewsjournal.com/news/updates/11144.html

[Redneck4sure]

Potato guns are fun but illegal. In keeping with my policy of not owning illegal items, I don't have one. I legally have a grenade launcher on my AR-15 but I cannot legally have a potato launcher. Go figger. I can't imagine how a metal one blew up unless he used some thin material to keep it lightweight. They are commonly made of schedule 40 pvc pipe. A well built one will launch a spud a long way. I would really like to have a long barrel model with night vision.

[KiwiCoromandel]

yikes!!!....that`s different i must say...give me a single-shot, hand-held spudgun anyday..you won`t catch me going anywhere near one of those automatic, assault, AK47 type spudguns....

" SPUDGUNS ARE NOT TOYS!! WHEN USED IN AN UNSAFE MANNER THEY CAN BE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. SEVERE INJURY OR EVEN DEATH CAN RESULT FROM MISUSE. NEVER, FOR ANY REASON, LOOK DOWN THE BARREL OF A LOADED SPUDGUN. SPUDGUNS SHOULD BE TREATED WITH THE SAME RESPECT AS A BB GUN, A PAINTBALL GUN, OR A SHOTGUN. :

Edited February 5, 2005 by kiwibank

[Wolfie]

I always knew Potato was a lethal beauty. ;)

[Shawn]

If she's turned to killing it explains why we haven't heard from Holy Liason for awhile.

[Redneck4sure]

Kiwi is sporting the cannon model. We had hand held units.

[rainbowdemon]

Maybe I'm weird, but I've always thought of potatoes as food rather than ammunition!!

:D

[Redneck4sure]

Maybe I'm weird, but I've always thought of potatoes as food rather than ammunition!!

:D

That's because you haven't been hit by one traveling 200mph.

[Wolfie]

Potatoes seems to have had a long history in weaponry:

http://www.mfiap.com/airsoft/gr_m24.htm

[Redneck4sure]

Germans also used potato fuel to propel their buzz bombs. It took several tons of potatoes to fire a single buzz bomb.

[KiwiCoromandel]

Germans also used potato fuel to propel their buzz bombs.  It took several tons of potatoes to fire a single buzz bomb.

the german and russian armies also used vodka (made from spuds, of course) to propel their troops......great vege the old potato.....my wife has quite a big garden and grows many different varieties of spud..they are delicious.....my father-in-laws nickname is " spud "...

Edited February 6, 2005 by kiwibank

[DudeAsInCool]

.my wife has quite a big garden and grows many different varieties of spud..they are delicious.....my father-in-laws nickname is " spud "...

Spudly

[slum_goddess]

'spudly'

[Redneck4sure]

I like to have a larger model mounted on a trailer that launches watermelons. :)