Stuffing gunpowder into the center of an 'iron' rod

[Taro Toporific]

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Man arrested after shooting himself with home-made gun in Ibaraki
Japan Today: Wednesday 05th November, 2008 ---A 20 year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of possessing a hand-made gun, in violation of the Swords and Firearms Control Law and laws prohibiting the manufacture of weapons. Police said the unemployed man from Moriya City misfired the weapon and seriously injured himself, and was arrested after his release from hospital.....The gun was made from a commercially available iron rod, 17 centimeters long and with a diameter of roughly 3 centimeters, in which he put gunpowder... He told police he mistook the front end of his weapon for the back, and ended up shooting himself...more....

[Behan]

Kids in NYC with zip guns:




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zip_gun

[omae mona]

I think there's some kind of off-color joke waiting to be written here, regarding a 17-cm rod and mistaking the front for the back. But I can't quite piece it together.

[GuyJean]

Kids in NYC with zip guns..

'Zip Guns' sounds so innocent.. I wonder if that's what Al Qaeda calls them.

GJ

[Greji]

'Zip Guns' sounds so innocent.. I wonder if that's what Al Qaeda calls them.

GJ

AK-47's

[Hokgwai]

In Japan you'll get arrested for shooting yourself accidentally....


.....um, that sounds about right.