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OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« on: January 11, 2013, 09:39:16 PM »
A rev war cannon which had been sealed in concrete shortly after the Civil War was discovered in NYC.
Thankfully it was disarmed before it went on a spree kill.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/01/11/exclusive-loaded-revolutionary-war-era-cannon-found-in-central-park/
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Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #1 on: January 11, 2013, 11:09:21 PM »
I wonder if they would have arrested the property owner if it had been found on private land?
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Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2013, 11:34:40 PM »
Quote from: RoadKingLarry on January 11, 2013, 11:09:21 PM
I wonder if they would have arrested the property owner if it had been found on private land?

"They obviously bought that land with the full knowledge that a loaded cannon was sealed up there 150 years ago in order to avoid the mandatory Revolutionary War Cannon Registration and Carry Restrictions."
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Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2013, 01:18:56 AM »
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police removed the powder, but left the cannonball,

Now there's a trick I would have liked to have seen performed.

Just think if it had been a fused shot - they would have had to unload the cannonball as well as the cannon.  Try explaining that to the viewers.

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Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #4 on: January 12, 2013, 09:59:24 AM »
I imagine the canon restorers removed the powder from the barrel
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Re: Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2013, 03:19:10 PM »
Stuff a fuse in it and stand back!

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Re: Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #6 on: January 13, 2013, 06:53:32 PM »
Quote from: G_P on January 13, 2013, 03:19:10 PM
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Quote from: RevDisk on April 06, 2012, 10:15:08 AM
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Re: Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2013, 11:11:21 AM »
Quote from: gunsmith on January 13, 2013, 06:53:32 PM
:rofl: :rofl:

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Re: Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2013, 11:18:46 AM »
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Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2013, 02:10:44 PM »
I will admit I found it clever and I lol'd, slightly.
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Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2013, 02:29:54 PM »
I don't cotton to them fancy, big city types, with their two-ply toilet paper, and other such frippery.  :mad:
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Re: OMG!! a "loaded" revolutionary war cannon found in NYC!
« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2013, 03:36:58 PM »
Quote from: fistful on January 14, 2013, 02:29:54 PM
I don't cotton to them fancy, big city types, with their two-ply toilet paper, and other such frippery.  :mad:

The founding fathers never expected us to have two-ply toilet paper when they wrote the constitution.
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