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  • 8th Grader Crafts His Own Shotgun From Scrap

    06/03/2021 7:31:18 AM PDT · by PROCON · 45 replies
    guns.com ^ | June 2, 2021 | Chis Eger
    Banner photo: Mike Newbert via Facebook. As part of a middle school project, an enterprising young man embarked on a journey to handcraft his own stainless steel shotgun-- and succeeded.After the local paper apparently turned up its nose to the youth's accomplishment, one of his family members took to social media on Wednesday to boast of the young man's homebuilt shotgun, which looks to be a clone of an old-school H&R/NEF break action single shot model. Within hours, the post was shared and liked over 2,000 times, with some 200-- overwhelmingly positive-- comments logged. This is Hunter Newbert and for...
  • Jefferson County 8th grader dead after trying to light fire with 5 gallons of gasoline

    02/21/2018 11:14:11 AM PST · by BBell · 49 replies
    http://www.al.com/ ^ | 2/20/18 | Carol Robinson
    A Jefferson County teen has died after he was burned while trying to start a fire nearly one week ago. Jefferson County Sheriff's Office officials said they were notified Thursday by a hospital social worker that the teen had suffered severe burns and would be taken off life support, said Chief Deputy Randy Christian. Authorities didn't release the teen's name but a GoFundMe account set up in his name and multiple social media posts identified him as Sam Gean, an eighth-grader at Corner Middle School where he played the trumpet in the school band. The fundraising account said he was...