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Friends filmed Georgia man, 32, shooting a lawn mower full of explosives and captured the moment a piece of shrapnel severed his left leg

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  • David Pressley, 32, loaded a lawn mower with three pounds of Tannerite in Walton County, Georgia
  • The explosive, used in small quantities during target practice to indicate a hit, gives off loud noise and cloud of vapor when detonated by a bullet
  • Viral videos show explosions using hundreds of pounds of Tannerite
  • Pressley had his friends film him shooting as stood just 43 feet away
  • A sheriff said people should use less than one pound of Tannerite while standing at least 300 feet away 
  • Pressley's left leg below the knee was severed by sudden explosion in Monroe, Georgia
  • The substance is legal to use on your own property; no charges were filed

By JESSICA CHIA FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

PUBLISHED: 16:30 EST, 25 March 2016 | UPDATED: 18:26 EST, 25 March 2016

 

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A 32-year-old man who shot a lawn mower filled with explosives in Monroe, Georgia, lost a leg when he was hit by a piece of shrapnel.

David Pressley loaded the lawn mower with several times the recommended amount of Tannerite, an explosive combination of ammonium nitrate and aluminum powder used for target practice.

The chemical creates a loud noise along with a water vapor cloud to indicate a successful hit.

Pressley's friends filmed him on their cell phones as he shot more than 20 rounds while walking towards his target, 11alive.com reported.

 
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David Pressley, 32, of Monroe Georgia had his friends film him as he shot a lawn mower loaded with three pounds of Tannerite, an explosive used in small amounts for target practice 
 
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David Pressley, 32, of Monroe Georgia had his friends film him as he shot a lawn mower loaded with three pounds of Tannerite, an explosive used in small amounts for target practice 

He can be seen in the video, which was turned over to the police as evidence, shooting about 20 rounds while he walked closer to his target
 
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He can be seen in the video, which was turned over to the police as evidence, shooting about 20 rounds while he walked closer to his target

 

His friends told police they filled the old lawn mower with three pounds of Tannerite 'to blow it up' and filmed their friend on their phones as he stood less than 50 feet away from the target around 3.50pm on Saturday.

Tannerite, which can be purchased at sporting goods stores, creates a water vapor cloud when it is detonated by a bullet.

The FBI advisory suggests using one pound of the explosive, while Walton County Sheriff Joe Chapman told WSBTV people should use less than a pound while standing at least 300 feet away. 

But viral videos show people disregarding the safety advice and filming several hundred pounds of Tannerite exploding everything from cars to even a barn.

In the video captured by his friends, Pressley can be seen wearing a vest, sunglasses and baseball cap as he fires at the lawn mower and walks closer and closer to his target. 

The cameraman sways when an explosion suddenly hits, and blood stains can be seen on his shorts while Pressley screams off camera: 'I blew my leg off! Call an ambulance' 

The camerman could be seen reeling when the lawn mower suddenly exploded, leaving flecks of blood on his shorts. Pressley lost his left leg below the knee and is recovering at a hospital in Atlanta
 
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The camerman could be seen reeling when the lawn mower suddenly exploded, leaving flecks of blood on his shorts. Pressley lost his left leg below the knee and is recovering at a hospital in Atlanta

 

His two friends called 911, tied a tourniquet around his leg and drove him to emergency medical services down the road. 

The 32-year-old was airlifted to Grady Memorial Hospital in Atlanta, and is still recovering from the accident.  

Neighbor Lydiah Mays told WSBTV: 'You would've had to be on drugs or something to think it was a good idea to play with that and try to blow up a lawn mower.'

She also said her entire house shook, and she heard Pressley, who lost his left leg below the knee, screaming.

It is legal to use Tannerite on your own property. No charges have been filed.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3509845/Friends-filmed-Georgia-man-32-shooting-lawnmower-explosives-captured-moment-piece-shrapnel-severed-left-leg.html#ixzz441HeS2bE 
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Tannerite is AWESOME to mess around with.

A couple of years ago on the 4th of July, we put a 5 lb. container of it underneath a 5 gallon plastic jug of diesel fuel and then shot it with a high powered rifle. It shook all the windows in town. It made a huge ball of flame. Best fireworks ever.

The town board didn't appreciate it, but it was technically outside of the city limits.

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Well, "messing around" with guns and explosives is pretty stupid. Guns should be respected and obviously explosives should be too. I mean, fine if you wanna blow your own leg off, then have at. But you shouldn't be allowed to detonate something that shakes all the windows in town without some kind of fine, etc.

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Meh. Don't be a party pooper. No one got hurt. The people doing it knew how to handle it.

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This guy thought so too husker.

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Meh. Don't be a party pooper. No one got hurt. The people doing it knew how to handle it.

 You can do what you want but you shouldn't be causing noise so loud it can bust out someone's windows.



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This guy thought so too husker.

   It's like the people with pitbulls.  They never bit anyone before....until they did.  They know how to handle it....until they don't.



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Sounds REALLY juvenile to me.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
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Meh. Don't be a party pooper. No one got hurt. The people doing it knew how to handle it.

 You can do what you want but you shouldn't be causing noise so loud it can bust out someone's windows.

 ???  It didn't break any windows.  Where do you get that?  



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Oh, FFS. Grow up.

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No. I refuse to be boring. That was a fun 4th of July. Everyone who was there had a great time.

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No. I refuse to be boring. That was a fun 4th of July. Everyone who was there had a great time.

 I'm NOT boring and I also don't mess around with explosives.

The guy in the OP was 32 years old.

You're older.

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Were they all 12?

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No. I refuse to be boring. That was a fun 4th of July. Everyone who was there had a great time.

 I'm NOT boring and I also don't mess around with explosives.

The guy in the OP was 32 years old.

You're older.

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 So what?  Age is irrelevant.  



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huskerbb wrote:
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No. I refuse to be boring. That was a fun 4th of July. Everyone who was there had a great time.

 I'm NOT boring and I also don't mess around with explosives.

The guy in the OP was 32 years old.

You're older.

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 So what?  Age is irrelevant.  

 I agree with you, EXCEPT in matters of safety.

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Tannerite is AWESOME to mess around with.

A couple of years ago on the 4th of July, we put a 5 lb. container of it underneath a 5 gallon plastic jug of diesel fuel and then shot it with a high powered rifle. It shook all the windows in town. It made a huge ball of flame. Best fireworks ever.

The town board didn't appreciate it, but it was technically outside of the city limits.

 I wish I could've seen that! That sounds absolutely awesome!

Reminds me of when one of my grandma's neighbors put a Piccolo Pete inside of a water bottle, lit it, quickly screwed on the lid, and threw the bottle into an open area. The water bottle must've melted. We never found it. The landlord was pissed. I thought it was cool.



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flan327 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:

No. I refuse to be boring. That was a fun 4th of July. Everyone who was there had a great time.

 I'm NOT boring and I also don't mess around with explosives.

The guy in the OP was 32 years old.

You're older.

flan

 So what?  Age is irrelevant.  

 I agree with you, EXCEPT in matters of safety.

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 No one was "unsafe". 



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People do stupid things all the time.

People get hurt doing harmless things.



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lilyofcourse wrote:

People do stupid things all the time.

People get hurt doing harmless things.

 They are far more likely to get hurt doing stupid things...

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There is really a debate that this was stupid or not???? Really, there is no question.

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huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
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flan327 wrote:
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No. I refuse to be boring. That was a fun 4th of July. Everyone who was there had a great time.

 I'm NOT boring and I also don't mess around with explosives.

The guy in the OP was 32 years old.

You're older.

flan

 So what?  Age is irrelevant.  

 I agree with you, EXCEPT in matters of safety.

flan

 No one was "unsafe". 

 And, you know that how?  And, how about some respect for your community?  Do you know what that must have been like for some old folks or animals to hear that boom?  That's not very considerate at all.  



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Well, husker had fun so that is all that matters...

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Oh it was stupid.

Like the guy who shot his propane tank with bbs and then lit a zippo and walked toward it to see how close they could get.

Stupid is as stupid does.


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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:
flan327 wrote:
huskerbb wrote:

No. I refuse to be boring. That was a fun 4th of July. Everyone who was there had a great time.

 I'm NOT boring and I also don't mess around with explosives.

The guy in the OP was 32 years old.

You're older.

flan

 So what?  Age is irrelevant.  

 I agree with you, EXCEPT in matters of safety.

flan

 No one was "unsafe". 

 And, you know that how?  And, how about some respect for your community?  Do you know what that must have been like for some old folks or animals to hear that boom?  That's not very considerate at all.  

 People shoot off fireworks and guns all the time.  This was no different.  

However, that is an entirely different issue than whether or not it was safe.  



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Well, husker had fun so that is all that matters...

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 I wasn't the only one there, or the one who set it up or shot it.  But it was fun.  Everyone there thought so.  



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Oh it was stupid.

Like the guy who shot his propane tank with bbs and then lit a zippo and walked toward it to see how close they could get.

Stupid is as stupid does.

I hadn't heard about this one. 

bbs shouldn't be powerful enough to damage a propane tank, but if it's a 20 pound tank connected to a barbeque grill by a rubber hose, that would be vulnerable.

 

I had to intervene once when my neighbor's teenage son was throwing fire crackers at their grill's propane tank. The dad was there watching, but didn't think about the possibilities until I told him I didn't want an explosion to damage either of our houses.

(Oops, Son, don't do that !)

 

 



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