Man pretending to fire a 'quaker gun', a decoy cannon made out of a log, US Civil War, 1862

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Man pretending to fire a 'quaker gun', a decoy cannon made out of a log, US Civil War, 1862
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I’m stroingly in favor of Quaker Guns, tho’ I’ve just learned of them. They seem less expensive to manufacture, to maintain, and are probably less harmful overall.

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Might be obvious, but that’s why it’s called a “Quaker” gun!

The name derives from the Religious Society of Friends or “Quakers”, who have traditionally held a religious opposition to war and violence in the Peace Testimony.

From Wikipedia, which also has a different photo where they’re obviously logs, which is amazing.

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I’ve known plenty of Quakers over the years. Prolly the one I knew earliest was my boss back in High School/ Undergrad. Fine folk as far as I can tell. Anyway, yes, I get the pun, but others might not.

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Weirdly enough they have a terrible track record with the American presidency. The only one was Nixon

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They even have a flared base.

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Well, they can’t actually fire, so definitely a lot less harmful.

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Splinters are the worst tho. I’d rather me leg blown off.

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