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- eradicator, on 10/12/2007, -1/+40Forget that, let's see some WEAPONS FROM FURNITURE. Break off a table leg and go crazy!!
- R34C7, on 10/12/2007, -3/+32Comment Abuse:
http://www.duggmirror.com/design/Furniture_from_Weapons_A_Peaceful_Use_of_Weapons_Pics/ - maf54, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25should say furniture from skinny metal tubes. I was expecting grenades and tanks.
- kuyamon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Reminds me of the playground made of recycled weapons on the Simpsons.
- sipsyrup, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19i want that elephant
- kenyon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+18It would be great to see them turned into farm implements = "swords to plowshares"
- megaloid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+13You mean "pull a Balmer?"
- aaronkarp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+14The art is cool, but I'd be weirded out sitting in something like that. Kicking back, relaxing, thinking "Yyyyyup, this chair was responsible for about 50 dead people"
- Ibanezfoo, on 10/12/2007, -7/+19All those AKs gone to waste. Almost makes me want to cry.
- R34C7, on 10/12/2007, -5/+17Wow, way to be a jackass when I'm trying to do something nice.
I assume it is comment abuse because when I think "reply", what comes to mind is commenting on the current post; posting a mirror to the content does not constitute a reply. When you call someone retarded, you had better make sure you do not present yourself as such. - Ibanezfoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Good point. They should melt down the furniture and forge more firearms with them. Maybe some FALs or something this time.
- Gryffydd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6Not really...look at the 1911. That's a whole lot longer than 60 years and it's still one of the best automatic firearm designs around. And my AK is every bit as accurate as I need it to be. Absolutely effortless to hit a human-sized target at 150 yards. Oh, and it hasn't malfunctioned a single time. Can't say that about my friend's AR-15s.
- BackwardsPanda, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6I hope that chairs not loaded
- Tripw0l, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4god that coffee table is awesome!
- knoit911, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6table is the best
- uttles, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6What a waste of good weapons.
- DeFex, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4I have a fireplace poker set that was made from 4 French bayonets
they kept the handles and blades but welded poker end on one, shovel end on another and made another 2 in to a pair of tongs.
so i guess they have been making weapons into other stuff for a while. - euphemizeme, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4Should have titled it: Furniture Weapons
- rhesuspieces00, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3have you ever been to cambodia? its in bad shape. they haven't got a lot of resources to work with. what they do have is a lot of weapons left over from the khmer rouge. i don't think anyone there is gloating over winning anything. making a chair out of used AKs gives them a place to sit, and puppies with pistols for heads give them something to sell to tourists, so they can buy food to put on their tables.
- jasz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3reminded me of the "escopetarra"
http://www.makezine.com/blog/archive/2006/03/guitar_made_from_ak47_the_esco.html - khyberkitsune, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2That only works in the Microsoft offices.
- jlbraun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2@spriggig
I am interested in your ideas about "legislating based on prior restraint" and would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
(snort)
Here are some questions that gun-banners like you are consistently ignorant of - whether this is out of lack of knowledge or actual malice I don't know. Remember, gun control cannot exist without a sea of misinformation.
1. What is the difference between full-automatic and semi-automatic? Is there one?
2. Are machine guns legal to own in the United States? Can they be easily bought over the counter?
3. How many legally owned machineguns have been used in a crime by civilians since 1934, when they were restricted by Federal law?
4. What percentage of American homes have firearms in them? a)10% b)25% c)45%
5. Is there any such thing as a 45mm handgun?
6. Is the crime rate by concealed carry holders greater or lesser than the general population?
7. Are there a greater or lesser number of crimes committed with firearms than defensive uses of firearms?
8. What did the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban actually ban?
9. What is the average income of a gun owner? a)$20K b) $30K c) $50K
10. Are you more or less likely to be injured a) resisting a violent assault with a firearm or b) resisting a violent assault without a firearm c) not resisting at all?
11. If you are a male citizen of the US, between the ages of 17 and 45, and not in the National Guard or other armed forces, are you in the militia according to the United States Code?
12. Thousands of children 0-14 die in gun accidents every year, true or false?
13. What is the ratio between homicides and democides (killed by your own government) in the 20th Century?
14. What is the correlation between restricting firearms and the violent crime rate on a state-by-state basis?
15. Which group shoots a bystander more often in a defensive shooting - concealed carry permit holders or cops?
16. How many guns do private American citizens own? How many guns does the military own?
17. What percentage of murders are committed with a semi-automatic rifle with a protruding handgrip?
18. What percentage of gun owners are not hunters?
19. What does a police department pay for a fully automatic weapon? What does a citizen have to pay for the same weapon because of an artificially restricted supply?
20. How many Democrats lost their seats in Congress because of the Assault Weapons Ban?
ANSWERS:
1. Full-auto fires continuously, semi-auto fires one shot with each pull of the trigger.
2. Yes, they're legal. No, you can't buy one without an EXTENSIVE federal background check.
3. Through combing newspaper archives, it has been found that exactly one (1) of the 500,000 citizen-owned machineguns have been used in a crime by a citizen since 1934, when they were first regulated. No legally owned silencer, howitzer, or grenade has ever been used in a crime.
4. C, 45%.
5. No, but a lot of journalists get this one wrong. 45mm is in anti-tank weapon territory.
6. CCW holders are 20 times less likely to be arrested for any crime (source: Texas DOJ).
7. There are 20x more defensive uses than criminal uses (source: US DOJ).
8. It banned magazine capacities over ten rounds, and certain cosmetic features of military-style rifles. If you think it had something to do with banning machineguns, you've been duped - badly.
9. C, $50K. The average education level of gunowners is a Bachelor's degree. (source: NRA-ILA survey).
10. From most to least likely, b, c, a. You are least likely to be injured while resisting with a firearm (source: UK Home Office).
11. Unequivocally. If you meet these criteria, you are in the militia BY LAW under USC 10 Sec. 311. Therefore, you're in a "well-regulated" militia.
12. False. Accidental death by firearm accounted for 72 accidental deaths of 0-14 year olds in 2001 in the entire USA. (source: CDC)
13. The instance of democide is 200 times greater than that of homicide. (source: U. Of Hawaii study, "Power Kills")
14. The correlation is zero. Firearms restrictions do not impact the violent crime rate in any way. (source: Brady Campaign to Reduce Handgun Violence, USDOJ violent crime rates comparison)
15. Concealed carry holders shoot the wrong person 2% of the time. Cops shoot the wrong person more than five times as often - 11% of the time. (source: Kleck study)
16. Private US citizens own 300 million guns. The US Army, US Navy, US Air Force, and the National Guard combined own only 3 million guns. (UN Small Arms Survey)
17. Less than 0.25% of murders involve an "assault weapon". (Source: Uniform Crime Report)
18. Over 80% of gun owners don't hunt. (source: NRA survey)
19. A police department can buy a fully automatic M16 from the government for $500. Because mere citizens cannot buy any machinegun made after 1986, a transferrable M16 is $15,000, a government-induced increase of 3,000%.
20. "The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress." --William Jefferson Clinton - rouslan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2complete waste of perfectly usable AK-47s:
IZhMASh would be angry!
http://www.izhmash.ru/eng/ - criscofats, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I love the table and the elephant
- databeast, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4Nahh, I disagree, had it been H&K MP5's or something similarly high craftwork, I would have perhaps mourned this a little. but the AK is about as common as it gets, and yet, as a staunch 2nd amendment defender and gun owner, these pieces of furniture make me smile.
why? because the purpose of a gun is to defend innocent life; the ending of a war and the removal of the need for so many guns is a good thing.
Us gun owners already get vilified as glorifying violence, when most of us carry so we may defend ourselves and others FROM violence, not incite it.
for a poor nation ravaged by war, the fact they dont NEED to have so many guns now, is a good thing.
voluntary reduction in arms is not the same as forced disarmament. - Mofo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's a lot of AK-47s
- jlbraun, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1The elephant especially would be an excellent place to hide my *real* AK-47 rifle in plain sight.
- kkayel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2creative
- spriggig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why is it that most of the people who own guns are the type I'd be most inclined to prevent from having them.
- Nader, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1link wont work!!!
- jlbraun, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2No, the people wielding the weapons are responsible for about 50 dead people. Not the weapons themselves. A loaded AK left leaning against a tree will still be there and functional 50 years later, never having killed anyone.
- anotherdiggdude, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Then put on Discovery channel to show people how much $ is being wasted on weapons which will never be used.
- Mothrog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2There's nothing wrong with the AK. It's cheap, simple, and reliable. You don't need a sniper rifle for a general infantry weapon. It's a waste. The AK is perfectly capable of hitting a man sized target within the 7.62x39's effective range.
- cheekybastard, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1@jlbraun you are well intentioned but but reading too much into this. rhesuspieces00 is right, something for the tourists and something to make you think. The last thing a barely stable country in postwar recovery needs is a glut of AK47s in circulation.
- SwellGuy007, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Very Goth looking pieces. Not at all my taste, but props for finding a decent use for instruments of destruction. I dugg it.
- djames82, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"the Cambodian gouvernment destroyed 125,000 weapons across the country" - what this means is....the rest of the weapons (124,900) were sold to other countries.
- beckybra, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's awesome
- heavyal, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1this is cool, but why is it under tech?
- rouslan, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2This is completely wasteful. What would have been the purpose of making those weapons anyway?
Why make weapons, then destroy them?
I guarantee, after a couple of years they will make more weapons, and the cycle will continue. - SwellGuy007, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1Umboola mugadaway ja poola poola ... uuuuuhn
Translation ...
"man beat guns into chair for many bum happies" - Ibanezfoo, on 10/12/2007, -2/+2While I wouldn't try to drive tacks at 2000 yards with an AK, I don't think they are THAT bad. What about a Dragunov?
- flarn2006, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I've got a chair! Give me your wallet and nobody gets hurt!
- robdowns, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6beautiful? think not.
- restorian, on 02/15/2009, -0/+0Great innovative use of weaponry
- Cogita, on 10/11/2007, -0/+0Ummm... It makes me bored.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1photos sites: http://web2.ajaxprojects.com/web2/projects/Photo/
- EvilGnome, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Oh man. That's a sweet idea (in a sadistic way). Each furniture piece should have tagged how many people were killed for the making of this. Your chair killed 50 people? pff mine killed 300.
- jlbraun, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1Seeing firearms used as art in this way always struck me as the primitive gloating of cavemen - "Look, we have achieved victory over the evil weapons!", as if firearms had some sort of spiritual force imbuing them enabling them to kill independently (actually, some people really believe this!)
By making art with them, we are symbolically celebrating some primitive misguided victory over the evil spirits that some people think inhabit all weapons: "if only we could turn all weapons into equally harmless furniture, then we could all live together in peace and harmony! The guns are the problem! Get rid of the guns!"
--An Armed Liberal - lettruthout, on 10/12/2007, -4/+3Site is down.
- kjartan, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1Wow, what a lovely room of death.
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