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BS ARTICLE: E-cigarette explodes, killing smoker (actually it's a PEN GUN)

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E-cigarette explodes, killing smoker - It was bound to happen eventually. - 5150

Look at the ecig in this report. Have you ever seen anything like it before?
It looks more like a
homemade gun.

http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/10/06/e-cigarette-explodes-killing-smoker/

Added by @BugOut Machine :

What this appears to be is an assassination type murder using a pen gun and what the local government did not realize when they published the story is how volatile the e-cig industry here in the US is right now and how diligent we are to research these stories.

Picture from "exploded ecig":

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Article: Ecig explodes killing smoker

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Edit from @5150sick The truth finally comes out:

http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2014/10/06/Ballpen-gun-not-e-cigarette/
 
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No idea what kind of mod that is, but it looks pretty good for having exploded.

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So what exactly exploded? What's pictured looks nothing like a device that is on the market right now....at least not that I've seen. Perhaps he built one of those $5 RadioShack mods out of a pen? Looks pretty close to me. Doesn't look like an eGO, a BLU (or any cig-a-like for that matter) and it's definitely not a mech or VV/VW mod. Just by the size of it, it looks like a mod that would attempt to run on AAA batteries.
 

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Looks like a "Pen Gun" to me

Could very well be. It'd be easy to create a 22 caliber pen gun. Not enough gun powder could cause the round to eject but not penetrate. It's always possible. That said, even if it was a AAA battery ran homemade e-cig, I can't see enough power being generated to just push something through what looks to be a carto with enough force to kill him.
 

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When I was young I made a zip gun that used a .22 that looked quite similar. For an ecig that exploded, that thing looks to be intact.
 

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Look a bit familiar?
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It's a pen style flare gun, you can get them a military surplus outlets.
 

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Oh please.... This is a crappy news!!! BS!!!!!
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I alerted Joe to this story last night. As soon as I saw the pic of the 'mod' I recognized it as a pen gun or single shot 'derringer'. The threading on the barrel is to accommodate a cap so bore doesn't get fouled with crap. Many are homeade or altered off the shelf pieces so that accounts for difference in threading. A special cap may also offer some protection from a carrying misfire. Some also have silencers that screw on. Do not ask me details on latter two innovations. Can't say where, but devices like these are used to accelerate organ donation.
 

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E-cigarette explodes, killing smoker - It was bound to happen eventually. - 5150

Look at the ecig in this report. Have you ever seen anything like it before?
It looks more like a
homemade gun.

http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/10/06/e-cigarette-explodes-killing-smoker/

Added by @BugOut Machine :

What this appears to be is an assassination type murder using a pen gun and what the local government did not realize when they published the story is how volatile the e-cig industry here in the US is right now and how diligent we are to research these stories.

Picture from "exploded ecig":

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Article: Ecig explodes killing smoker

Picture from "Two men who made ‘James Bond-style’ lethal weapons in a ‘homemade gun factory’ have been jailed"

article-0-0AC01077000005DC-957_468x286.jpg


Article: Two men jailed for making "James Bond style weapons in railway arch factory
I wouldn't vape that.
 

UncleRJ

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Cigalikes and Pen Guns.

Two useful items in their own way.

But as we have learned, hardly interchangeable:eek:
 

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