Man Damages Neighbor's House with Cannon Fire

Would having a cannon ball crash through the side of your house make you reconsider gun control?

If cannons are outlawed only outlaws will have cannons...

Actually, it was a Civil War history buff who blew a hole in the side of his neighbor's house with a civil war era cannon:

William Maser, 54, fired a cannonball Wednesday evening outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400 yards away. The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through a window and a wall before landing in a closet. Authorities said nobody was hurt. (Source:
NBC Philadelphia)

President Obama had this to say:

"It's not surprising, in these backwoods areas like Pennsylvania, where toothless hicks cling to their cannons and their history books, taking out their rightwing fury on innocent Democratic voters."

When Helen Thomas shouted that she'd heard the man was trying to hit a busload of Guatemalan immigrants, Press Secretary Gibbs shrugged and noted it wouldn't be the first time angry Republicans did something stupid to alienate the Hispanic vote.

NBC Philadelphia