After passing through airport security, the man went shopping for improvised gun parts

Nov 26, 2013 09:17 GMT  ·  By
Evan demonstrates how easily one can make a gun using a hair dryer, magnets, batteries, hair-bands, an Axe body spray and other common items found in any terminal store
   Evan demonstrates how easily one can make a gun using a hair dryer, magnets, batteries, hair-bands, an Axe body spray and other common items found in any terminal store

Web developer Evan Booth from Greensboro, North Carolina showed that he can build a deadly firearm with items purchased in the airport and that all of those expensive and invasive security measures can be quite useless if someone is really planning on doing harm.

On his website, Evan demonstrates how easily one can make a gun using a hair dryer, magnets, batteries, hair-bands, an Axe body spray and other common items found in any terminal store. The rather ingenious web developer built a crossbow, a blowgun, a spiked club and an incredible hand-gun that can really frighten any citizen concerned of his safety.

From all the weapons created with common objects, his hand-built gun, called the Blunderbusiness Class, is the most dangerous. Made with fridge magnet clips, batteries, hair bands, magazines, tape, dental floss, aluminum, an Axe spray, a red bull can and pieces from hairdryer, the weapon has a lot of power.

For ammunition, Evan can use objects like coins or paper clips shot with 72 volts of electricity.

Evan Booth has a degree in Digital Media from East Tennessee State University and decided to start this project after airport security started introducing body scanners. “It just seemed so invasive, really expensive. And if you're going to go through all that trouble getting into the terminal, why is all this stuff available in the terminal,” the man tells Fast Company.

To demonstrate his skills, the wed developer even made some short videos showing the making of the guns and the effects they have. His website Terminal Cornucopia demonstrates that the guns you can create with airport terminal items can be potentially deadly weapons.

One of the most dangerous items sold in the airports is the lithium battery which, combined with water, can release enough heat to power a firearm.

In order to protect himself from the law and to have enough funds to develop his project, Booth notified federal agencies prior to his studies. The ingenious web developer will continue his project hoping to determine airport terminals to stop selling at least some of the potentially dangerous items.