A common nickname for a gun used on slaves. Slave owners used to threaten the negros
With their coon cannons.
Hey! If you don't get back to picking that cotton I'm gonna shoot you with my coon cannon!
During the slave trade weapons may be used towards disobeying black slaves. If a black slave refused to work the will be punished with a weapon, this was called a coon cannon.
I swear to fucking god Tyrone if you don’t start picking that pissing cotton up I’ll whip out me fuckin massive Dong slap ye with it an then blow ye bastard head off with a coon cannon.