[Repeal The 17th]

I played around with making powder from scratch as a lad back in the 60’s.
My interests were not malevolent, just scientific curiosity.
I was just trying to make my own homemade fireworks.
Never used anything any more sophisticated than a fuse to set them off.
I still carry burn scars on my hand from those days!

[Mister Da]

My homemade powder burn scars are on the right side of my face. Came close to blinding me, & I had to pick the powder out of my face with tweezers. Hurt like hell. Told my mom I fell off my bike & scraped my face.

Seriously, public trashcans seem to be an obvious place to put a bomb. How many bomber movies had the bomb in a public trashcan? Maybe frequent checks of these cans at public events are necessary. Given that pedestrian trash is rarely large & bulky, trashcan openings can be much smaller. The cans can be placed in the open so that they are easily observed by all. They should be emptied just prior to a public event. If these bombs were on timers, then they could have been there for hours.