Teacher tries to squash bug with artillery shell - KABOOM!

[ourmaninBusan]

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California teacher blows hand off
trying to squash bug with artillery shell

Wed Apr 05, 10:50 AM EST

VENTURA, Calif. (of course!) - A teacher who kept a 40-mm artillery shell
on his desk as a paperweight blew off part of his hand when he apparently
used the ammunition to try to squash a bug, authorities say.

The 13-centimetre-long shell exploded Monday while Robert Colla was
teaching 20 to 25 students at an adult education class.

Part of Colla's right hand was severed and he suffered severe burns and
minor shrapnel wounds to his forearms and torso, fire Capt. Tom Weinell said.
No one else was injured. He was reported in stable condition at a hospital.

The teacher slammed the shell down in an attempt to kill something
that was buzzing or crawling across the desk, said Fire Marshal Glen Albright.

Colla found the 40-mm round while hunting years ago and "obviously he
didn't think the round was live," said Dennis Huston, who teaches computer design with Colla.

So he picked up the shell and struck the flat, firing end on the desk?
The one that's supposed to get hit with a firing pin in a cannon?
Someone needs a physics lesson STAT!

[twitchy]

I hope that the bug lived.

[Butterfly]

What an ass, and they are worried that kids are going to be bringing that kind of shit in schools.

[FierceKiten]

I have never seen nor heard of adult education class that uses a shotgun while teaching. Let alone, a hired moron.