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58 Fireworks Cars Seized (No trial, no appeal – Celebrate freedom this Independence Day)
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| June 27, 2006
| Jamie Schram
Posted on 06/27/2006 11:43:15 AM PDT by dead
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To: wideawake
One of the things that encourages a fireworks ban in NYC is the tendency of groups of teenagers who buy the most powerful firecrackers available and put them in mailboxes and other "fun" places. Once when I was a kid, my brother convinced me to help him make a bomb by scraping all of the gunpowder from a pack of black cat firecrackers into one paper firecracker wad. We were only about 7 or 8 at the time. We were going to use it to blow the door open on our uncle's mailbox next door, but it opened up that mailbox like a flower. Good Times.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:19:06 PM PDT
by
sportutegrl
(People who say, "All I know is . . ." really mean, "All I want you to focus on is . . .")
To: Wolfie
When I read stuff like this I'm glad I live in a country (Canada) where it is still required for the government to convict you of a crime AND prove that your property was either instrumental to the crime or purchased with the proceeds of crime before they can confiscate your property.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:20:04 PM PDT
by
-YYZ-
To: nina0113
I plan on being in Virginia on the 4th. What's the law down there for fireworks? Are bottle rockets okay? Black Cats? Dixie Boys?
To: sportutegrl
once when I was a kid, I threw a couple smoke bombs underneath the front porch of a house.
I got a butt whooopin for that.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:21:39 PM PDT
by
Ainast
To: dead
Oooh! Fireworks!
They are such a threat to the public good and civil order that they simply MUST do everything in their power to keep them out of New York City. /Sarc
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:21:53 PM PDT
by
Little Ray
(If you want to be a martyr, we want to martyr you.)
To: Hildy
It's the "fireworks gene." Men have it, women don't.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:22:05 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no substitute for victory." -Douglas MacArthur)
To: Hildy
When I was a kid I remember a friend had a jar that he was collecting bugs in. He feel and cut his had very badly. They had to sew his had against his stomach to do a skin graph (I don't think they do it like that any more).
A couple of years later my brother wrecked his bike going down a very steep hill, very fast. Ripped a large portion of his face off.
I broke my collar bone sled ridding (we iced the track).
Separated my shoulder playing football (needed surgery).
Riped my chin open falling through the roof of a cabin (because it was there).
Got attacked by a dog and needed 45 in my hands and arms (I currently have 3 dogs).
Sh@t happens. Sometimes it is someones fault, sometimes it's not. You just can not and should not go through life trying to prevent every accident or ban things that can injure someone. If we did that for everything, what would be the point of living?
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:23:39 PM PDT
by
MPJackal
("If you are not with us, you are against us.")
To: Syntyr
Those were the days alright. I mowed yards for 50-75 cents.
Gas was about a quarter @ gallon. 12 cent comic books, nickel 3 Musketeers bars/cherry cokes.
(Mammals were finally coming down from the trees . . .)
To: RexBeach
your born with it. Its not a choice. Its not like there is anything wrong with it. Its not a learned behavior or a mental illness. It's a perfectly natural behavior.
sound like anything we know? hehehe lol.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:24:16 PM PDT
by
Ainast
To: dead
Bloomberg embodies the worst kind of nanny statism this country has to offer. He should be exiled.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:24:31 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Hildy
What is the attraction of lighting things off that go boom? We're attracted to loud noises and bright lights; explosions, loud engines, smoke, electric saws, shiny objects in general. Must have some kind of survival value. Can't explain it. Start running an electric saw through some 2x4's and you'll have half a dozen guys show up standing around within about 10 minutes.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:26:36 PM PDT
by
6SJ7
To: GrandEagle
In "The Law", Bastiat referred to such as "legalized plunder!"
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:26:44 PM PDT
by
Firefish
(Fight the future!)
To: Fester Chugabrew
I plan on being in Virginia on the 4th. What's the law down there for fireworks? Are bottle rockets okay? Black Cats? Dixie Boys? I don't know what Black Cats and Dixie Boys are - but you can buy bottle rockets and lots of assorted other things at the local convenience store or gas stations in this part of Virginia.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:27:06 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have)
To: dead; Just another Joe; CSM; lockjaw02; Publius6961; elkfersupper; nopardons; metesky; Mears; ...
Our favorite Nanny Statist - at it again.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:29:34 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Taxaholism, the disease you elect to have)
To: dead
I'll never forget the time my dad filled a child's balloon from an acetylene tank and lit a rag hanging from it.
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:30:50 PM PDT
by
UnbelievingScumOnTheOtherSide
(Give Them Liberty Or Give Them Death! - IT'S ISLAM, STUPID! - Islam Delenda Est! - Rumble thee forth)
To: -YYZ-
When I read stuff like this I'm glad I live in a country (Canada) where it is still required for the government to convict you of a crime AND prove that your property was either instrumental to the crime or purchased with the proceeds of crime before they can confiscate your property. We had a sheriff in Southern Utah who announced that his deputies had orders to confiscate a person's car if they even smelled marijuana smoke inside it. He no longer has his job, thanks to the freedom-loving citizens of this state.
To: Politicalmom
My kids aren't denied. I drove 250 miles round trip 3 weeks ago and picked up $500 worth. I consider it $500 well burned :) I also make my own.
To: dead
Last year We started 3 fires around our house. Luckily there were enough people there to keep them under control. I think We'll shoot for an half dozen this year.
To: Fester Chugabrew
WHERE in Virginia? The laws are the same statewide, but enforcement is variable. Arlington probably tries hardest, countryside not unless you start a major fire. Anything you can put out without calling the FD is not a major fire.
Bottle rockets (because they go through the air) are illegal, any actual firecrackers are illegal, and fountains that go more than (IIRC) 15 feet high are illegal. You probably will not be able to buy them here (some people do have them to sell, but it's bootleg).
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posted on
06/27/2006 12:33:34 PM PDT
by
nina0113
To: Firefish
Yes he did! I didn't know anyone else read that.
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