Resourceful people can never be disarmed - The Firearms Forum

whymememe · 06-07-2012, 12:04 PM

Remember the Zip Gun.

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

hunter29180 · 06-07-2012, 01:23 PM

Yep! it "ZIPPED" that rubber band across the room and smacked Tony across the ear and then impacted the teachers behind..

...you could hear my yelps of pain 3 blocks away!!!

whymememe · 06-07-2012, 01:25 PM

Hey, they got the job done.

raven818 · 06-07-2012, 04:04 PM

My first firing weapon was a .22cal. Rubber band, nail and a couple pieces of wood and a small copper tube. Neat.

My grandfather, unknown to him, gave me the idea after making me one that shot rubber bands.

armoredman · 06-07-2012, 05:08 PM

I watched a LE video of a max custody inmate assemble a homemade firearm in Canada. This gun was constructed from a Coke can, a pen body, lighter, steel wool, match heads, a battery, a potato chip bag, a bolt, and solder scraped off the bed welds. This mess was quickly and efficiently constructed, (with Security watching, the inmate volunteered to show them how it was done), into a reloadable firearm capable of penetrating a sheet metal fence. The inmate never shot a person with it, just target practice out the cell window.
Work in a prison sometime and understand homemade weapons. Take a bunch of plastic baggies, wet newspaper, wire and an outlet, and what do you have? A form for melting down plastic into homemade plastic knives, undetectable by x-ray. Yes, it DOES work. Hell, I've see a plastic bucket turned into shanks, and a Maalox bottle turned into a lighter powered bomb, all done inside the most secure facilities in the world.
If people think resourceful people with far more available materials can't make thinks a wee bit better, then those people are very wrong.

raven818 · 06-07-2012, 05:29 PM

Quote:

The inmate never shot a person with it, just target practice out the cell window.

Proves everything I ever thought about the average cons intelligence.

06-07-2012, 12:04 PM	#1
whymememe Former Guest Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: FEMA Region IV Contributor Posts: 1,445	Resourceful people can never be disarmed Remember the Zip Gun. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_firearm -->

06-07-2012, 01:23 PM	#2
hunter29180 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: in a motorhome where ever we park! Contributor Posts: 1,639	Re: Resourceful people can never be disarmed Yep! it "ZIPPED" that rubber band across the room and smacked Tony across the ear and then impacted the teachers behind.....you could hear my yelps of pain 3 blocks away!!! __________________ As I get Older, I have come to understand why our Founding Fathers chose our countrys motto to be "IN GOD WE TRUST", somehow they knew in the future WE would come to the point that WE COULD NO LONGER TRUST THE ONES WHO RUN IT!

06-07-2012, 01:25 PM	#3
whymememe Former Guest Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: FEMA Region IV Contributor Posts: 1,445	Re: Resourceful people can never be disarmed Hey, they got the job done.

06-07-2012, 04:04 PM	#4
raven818 Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Jax, Fl. Contributor Posts: 4,439	Re: Resourceful people can never be disarmed My first firing weapon was a .22cal. Rubber band, nail and a couple pieces of wood and a small copper tube. Neat. My grandfather, unknown to him, gave me the idea after making me one that shot rubber bands. __________________ Firearms and Salt Water Fishing Retired 42 Years LEO

06-07-2012, 05:08 PM	#5
armoredman Advanced Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Proud to be in Arizona Posts: 1,381	Re: Resourceful people can never be disarmed I watched a LE video of a max custody inmate assemble a homemade firearm in Canada. This gun was constructed from a Coke can, a pen body, lighter, steel wool, match heads, a battery, a potato chip bag, a bolt, and solder scraped off the bed welds. This mess was quickly and efficiently constructed, (with Security watching, the inmate volunteered to show them how it was done), into a reloadable firearm capable of penetrating a sheet metal fence. The inmate never shot a person with it, just target practice out the cell window. Work in a prison sometime and understand homemade weapons. Take a bunch of plastic baggies, wet newspaper, wire and an outlet, and what do you have? A form for melting down plastic into homemade plastic knives, undetectable by x-ray. Yes, it DOES work. Hell, I've see a plastic bucket turned into shanks, and a Maalox bottle turned into a lighter powered bomb, all done inside the most secure facilities in the world. If people think resourceful people with far more available materials can't make thinks a wee bit better, then those people are very wrong. Last edited by armoredman; 06-07-2012 at 05:13 PM..