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Posted on 07/09/2021 9:07:00 AM PDT by lightman
A Pennsylvania man was severely injured after trying to launch a firework from his groin on July 4th, Pocono Mountain Regional Police Department report.
Police were called a little before 10:30 p.m. Sunday to assist an ambulance called for a firework-related injury with heavy bleeding at a home on Summit Drive in Mount Pocono.
Police said there was a “large gathering at the home,” and aerial fireworks were being discharged as officers arrived.
Antonio Giannelli was inside the house, and had suffered injuries and burns after he attempted to launch a rocket from his groin, police said. Police said the 37-year-old from Wilkes-Barre was flown by medical helicopter to a hospital for treatment.
Giannelli faces a citation for discharging fireworks in violation of Mount Pocono firework ordinances, the department said.
Four years after Pennsylvania began allowing residents to buy more powerful fireworks, this July Fourth weekend was marked by death, injuries and fires.
One child died and another was being treated for burns following a duplex fire caused by discarded fireworks, West York fire officials said. A family of eight in Wilkes-Barre was displaced after a firework landed on their back porch and destroyed their home, according to WNEP.
But fireworks and related injures are not contained to holidays. On June 20, an Emmaus man was lighting fireworks in a pickup truck and trying to toss them out a window, police said. He failed to get rid of one in time, and was critically injured in the ensuing blast inside the truck, police said.
Since 2017, state lawmakers have unsuccessfully tried to repeal the fireworks law.
The most recent attempt is by state Rep. Peter Schweyer, D-Lehigh, and would make consumer-grade fireworks illegal to purchase and use in Pennsylvania.
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They got the state wrong.
This is a very eunuch story!
that’s one way of getting him out of the gene pool.
Charlie Sheen is in the news again?
I feel like this should be a Florida Man story.....
guy had the balls to pull this off.
Case dismissed...
I assume adult beverages were involved?
My first thought was “Isn’t Biden from PA?”
The phrase, “It’s not rocket science” comes to mind.
Laughing & wincing... that’ll leave a mark
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So they have an ordinance against shooting fireworks from one's groin?
Sounds like an infringement on our rights of disinfringement. /s
He thought that tiny wick he was lighting was the fuse.
There was a noticable uptick this year in my PA-centric social media feeds of anti-fireworks posts. I just wrote it off as the Karens of the world who have nothing better to do than stay at home and find fault with anyone who dares to live their life sharing scared dog and PTSD soldier memes. There has also been an uptick in “we should change the law in PA” news stories though. It looks like a more coordinated campaign than just memes.
I feel like this problem of people who are inclined to light off explosives in their groins having access to explosives that they can light off in their groins is going to eventually work itself out. Who are we to deny them their destiny?
Stories of this sort invariably begin with the phrase “A Florida man...”. ;-)
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