Posted on 07/06/2015 5:50:28 PM PDT by RBStealth
The mother of a man who tried to launch a firework off the top of his head for July Fourth and was killed instantly said Monday she's advocating for stricter controls about who can use the explosives.
Devon Staples, 22, and his friends had been drinking and setting off fireworks Saturday night in a backyard in Staples' eastern Maine hometown, Calais, when the accident happened with a reloadable fireworks mortar tube, police have said.
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I bet he impressed the chicks though....
My bet is some huckster shyster attorneys got to the mother and are setting the stage to go after the manufacturer etc because of her sons foolish behavior. Follow the money.
People are also:
Stupid
Lazy
Ignorant
Show offs
Maybe every firework needs to have a warning "Do not light this while putting it on your head."
Yep. Sad, but true. Follow the money.
“...mother of a man who tried to launch a firework off the top of his head....”
They should file charges against the mother for child endangerment .... obviously her “adult child” did not receive proper supervision, potty training or even a hint of common sense.
"They're going to say, 'Well, you can't regulate stupidity' ... and it's true, you can't. But the fact of the matter is you have to try something," Lajoie said. "I'm not giving up."
Hmm. Wonder if this Democrat would introduce legislation banning Illegal Aliens then?
And...she RAISED him. She bears as much fault as anyone.
Normally I would leave well enough alone, but is people like this who have caused regulations to pile on us like Mount Everest to the point we probably unknowingly (or knowingly) break multiple laws each day.
If being an idiot was illegal,how do you explain more than half of Congress?
Based on articles posted on the web several friends encouraged him to stop, but he used his head as a base plate anyway.
Bless his heart.
I had to hear it twice.
Thanks, that was close!
What does the father of the idiot have to say?
He went out with a bang...
From Gomerblog The "Earths finest medical Satire Site":
Local ED Refuses to Take Care of Firework Injuries this July 4th
NEW BERN, NC – A local New Bern Emergency Department has made it abundantly clear to the town that they will be refusing to care for firework injuries this year on July 4th.
“Listen, last year our town saw over 32 firework injuries on July 4th,” said local resident John Klippelvan. “Many injuries became instant Youtube video hits and our town became known as the laughing stock of the south. We have to find a way to stop this.” The new rule attempts to scare people into thinking that they don’t have a backup plan anymore. “You blast your right arm with a firework, guess what, fix it yourself.” EM physician, Dr. Karen Timberly believes firmly in the new stance: “One of the reasons you have drunk guys lighting fireworks from their butts is because they know if they hurt themselves, we will be able to fix them up. Not this year.”
The ED’s message is if you want to play with fire in this town, you are on your own. A family practice physician, Dr. Ernie Deasins was interviewed about having to work on July 4th:
“We need Darwinism to sneak back into our society. We [medical community] have propped up too many people that shouldn’t be alive today which has allowed the creation of ‘super idiots’ that the world has never seen before. Seriously, has anybody seen the movie Idiocracy..we are starting to live it.” (Emphasis mine)
“Whatever, I don’t need them,” yelled resident Dwight Stillbee. “I plan to drink a ton of PBR beer, light fireworks off in compromising positions, and maybe even consider a swim in the Hurricane rip currents. They can’t tell me what to do in America. It’s part of my Freedom under the 29th amendment dammit!”
Youtube may also be to blame for many of the injuries seen this decade. Before, if idiots did ridiculous stunts in their backyard, only a handful of people would have seen the events unfold. Now millions of people can watch the events, in effect glorifying them while promoting more frequent and extreme acts.
“Let’s take a stand this July 4th,” boosted ER nurse Samantha Jenkins. “Thin out the heard a bit this July 4th and let’s take our country forward in the right direction!”
With all due respect to the deceased, having seen that picture of him posted on this thread he didn’t look like a rocket scientist to begin with.
Mom, I’m sorry for your loss. But apparently your son’s problem was hereditary; you’re both morons!
Here in Nashville they are outright banned, but that doesn’t stop everyone, their grandmother and their illegal poolboy from setting them off from a week before July 4th until a week after.
Funny, in the cartoons the guys head was back in the next scene.
“If being an idiot was illegal,how do you explain more than half of Congress?”
Supposedly, in the 1950’s, one congressman called another one an idiot on the house floor during deliberations concerning a bill. The response was, “Perhaps so, but a good number of my constituents are idiots and they deserve representation”.
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