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Here people, let the Professionals show you how to do this safely.17 Injured After Planned Detonation Of Seized Illegal Fireworks Ends In Explosion
Federal agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Thursday began surveying the damage and reconstructing what led to a Wednesday evening explosion in South Los Angeles that injured 17 people.
By regulated we should only let professionals like these guys have them huh? Kind of sounds like that DEA agent who proudly told that class room full of kids he was the only one there qualified to handle a firearm. Just before he shot himself and it was only dumb luck none of the kids was hit.Bomb squad truck carrying illegal fireworks explodes in South LA, 17 people hurt
A bomb squad truck carrying confiscated illegal fireworks exploded unexpectedly, blowing out windows and destroying nearby cars in a South Los Angeles neighborhood Wednesday night.www.foxla.com
Bit surprised by how many folks think fireworks are just freedom sparklers, they are very real and dangerous explosive devices that should be banned or regulated, not because you don't deserve to have them, but to save homes, wildlife, and lives. We can love America without hurting other Americans or our land. If a bomb squad can't control them how do we expect regular people too.
I sure hope they get good lawyers, everyone that was injured or displaced from their home should be compensated generously.
Ideally no one should be handling high explosives unless highly trained. Human error is inevitable all we can do is reduce that risk of damage to life and property.
Not sure I'd qualify a pile of fireworks legally sold in other states (which California bans) as IEDs, hardly improvised. Manufactured to do exactly what they did. But you put a cache of explosives in a small enclosed space… pressure is pressure.
I have no issue with speculation and trust in media, and you're right we don't know the full details. But in my rudimentary explosives knowledge depending on poundage that truck is probably designed to transport this kind of stuff, but really doesn't matter if the pressure builds up so quick. You are actually kinda right, the truck itself turned into an IED as the sides of strong steel turned to shrapnel outward. Glad no one died.
Fair enough, though I will say if you're around my house and being a dummy with fireworks or really anywhere that risks property or life I'll be the first to turn the hose on you or a bucket of water and ruin those fire works. I'll even pay for them, but reckless behavior with explosives is not freedom.
I think the term "firework" is a bit too all encompassing.
Very true. I posted either here or another thread the guidelines of what is an illegal firework for CA, and it's not all fireworks is limited to basically how much control one can have and the factors you mentioned. And good comment great info.
