But how many of them are "accidental? How many are "drive-by" knifings? How many innocent bystanders are "knifed."
I'm sure we have far more baseball bat murders in the US than Britain but no baseball bat ever flew through a wall and killed someone in another apartment.
Now, this one....
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d1ed3a7d9...ay-context=
Seems almost impossible to me....unless there were copious quantities of alcohol involved. I have two replica muskets and have fired them hundreds of times. If you don't follow the powder charge with a lead ball what you get when you pull the trigger is a whooshing sound and a shitload of smoke.
So, it seems to me that what we have here is some drunken bastard pouring smokeless powder down the barrel and setting it off.
Yeah - the famous last words department: "Hey, let's see what happens if......................"
I'm sure we have far more baseball bat murders in the US than Britain but no baseball bat ever flew through a wall and killed someone in another apartment.
Now, this one....
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/d1ed3a7d9...ay-context=
Quote:Police: Man loses 2 fingers in ceremonial musket misfire
Quote:WILLIMANTIC, Conn. (AP) — Police say a Connecticut man lost two fingers when the barrel of his ceremonial musket exploded in his hands.
It happened Wednesday night in the driveway of the 39-year-old man's home in Willimantic.
Police say he put too much gunpowder into the weapon, causing the barrel to explode from the wooden stock when it was fired.
Seems almost impossible to me....unless there were copious quantities of alcohol involved. I have two replica muskets and have fired them hundreds of times. If you don't follow the powder charge with a lead ball what you get when you pull the trigger is a whooshing sound and a shitload of smoke.
So, it seems to me that what we have here is some drunken bastard pouring smokeless powder down the barrel and setting it off.
Yeah - the famous last words department: "Hey, let's see what happens if......................"