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Around 5,000 pounds of "high-powered, commercial-grade fireworks" have gone missing in DuPage County and now authorities are worried whoever stole them may not be ready for the oomph of the explosives which are more powerful than the bottle rockets and low-grade shells that most people buy from stands and shoot off on Independence Day. Sgt. Jim Ruff, commander of the department's Hazardous Device Unit, put it succinctly when talking to the Sun-Times: "If one of these things goes off in your hand, you're probably going to die."
The sheriff's department recently helped dispose of a large quantity of commercial-grade fireworks illegally stored in southern DuPage County, though officials wouldn't disclose more information because the investigation is ongoing.But authorities say at least 5,000 pounds of fireworks may have been removed from the stash -- and possibly sold or distributed in small quantities -- before police became aware of the supply.
Also of concern are the fuses which for these larger, more powerful shells, burn much faster than most small-time explosives: at a rate as fast as 100 feet per second. [Sun-Times]
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i'll be the killjoy: i love to go to fireworks shows put on by professionals. YAY, fireworks!
but, i have NEVER, ever enjoyed watching people who have bought even the simplest (seemingly) of fireworks from IN, or wherehaveyou, start to play with that shit. it's not cool. it's scary. add alcohol to the mix, and it gets downright horrifying.
there's just something completely unpredictable about it all. do you know if it's going to blow up at all? when? how fast will the fuse go? what direction will it fly in? how big of an explosion will it make?
these are not decisions i want to leave to random dudes who are bro-ing out (or a bunch of dads/uncles who are trying to regain their youth or a bunch of stupid teenagers who think they'll live forever) after an afternoon of drinking in some alley or backyard with a bunch of kids running around. or my eye within 50 feet.
i get the premise. i get the appeal. but i just won't be there. and i don't understand why people don't have more respect for guns, fireworks and motorcycles. ask an emergency room nurse what those things bring to an ER ... it's not sunlight and sugar, i'll tell you that. leave the gunpowder to the pros. even *they* get killed sometimes.
Wah wah wah wahhhhh
Jesus. You'd need to lighten up three steps to be a fucking killjoy.
People like you, with your hand-wringing and safety fetish are the reason kids are fat, weak and pasty.
I played with m80s as a kid. Tossed wildcat firecrackers at cousins, even watched my uncles "trying to regain their youth" (God forbid anyone do that) with a backyard show. Everyone managed to survive with all their eyeballs and fingers.
Living life by the credo of "You'll shoot your eye out!" is no way to live.
Celebrate America by blowing up a small part of it!
Exactly.
Cheers!
Every year we read about someone who either died or lost a body part because they were playing with something they shouldn't have. I just look at it as Mother Natures way of thinning out the herd.
Unless it's someone else's body part or life. That does happen.