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nickfflast Tuesday at 9:08 PM3 repliesview on HN

The device the parent is describing has a long history, and they're known as 'zip guns'. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised_firearm


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engineer_22last Wednesday at 12:44 AM

Yes and the response is telling you that you can build something orders of magnitude more sophisticated without any trouble. The point is, the firearm is not the tube the projectile comes out of. Firearm is closely defined and not intuitive to the general public.

echelon_musklast Tuesday at 11:51 PM

From Carlito's Way:

> Out come the zip guns. Homemade gun. You pull the hook back, catch that bullet square, ping. Hit you in the head, man, you got serious problems.

robot-wranglerlast Wednesday at 1:50 AM

Quite a page. Featuring the work of ted k and a toy pop-gun that's un-toyed