I think the Walton County Sheriff's Department might want to check with the BATFE on that. The two ingredients may be legal, but once they've been combined they are an explosive and therefore regulated under federal law.
Really, WTF? I mean you can buy explosives??? I mean they regulate sudafed (to a degree) even though it isn't meth yet.
On the other hand I had a caver friend who liked to open up new passages and wanted to do it safely. He said, "I can buy enough chemicals to level this town but they won't give my a blaster's license."
A 32-year-old Georgia man lost his leg below the knee after trying to blow up his lawnmower by shooting at it, earning him a rebuke from local authorities, Online Athens reported.
“Yes, it is legal and no, we can’t make people stop doing it,” the Walton County Sheriff’s Department said on its Facebook page. “But why folks, just why?”
Deputies were called to a rural area near David Thomas Presley’s home in Monroe on Sunday after the incident. Presley was with a group of friends when he shot the lawnmower, which was packed with three pounds of an explosive sold under the name Tannerite.
“It is a patented combination of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder that is supplied as two separate powders that are mixed and shaken to produce an explosive,” local fire Battalion Chief Craig League told the Loganville Local News.
League said the substance is sold in outdoor stores around the area, and has become “extremely popular” in recent years.
“It has become quite common for us to run calls involving Tannerite,” he explained. “Typically two to five calls per week.”
In Presley’s case, he lost his leg when a piece of shrapnel sheared it off. His friends put him in a vehicle and had gotten as far as a nearby driveway when they encountered an ambulance. He was subsequently airlifted to an Atlanta hospital. His current condition is unknown.
League said that the incident was the first of its type, despite the constant calls involving Tannerite.
“Please adhere to the warnings and use this dangerous material with caution or maybe consider other less dangerous hobbies,” he advised.
I think the Walton County Sheriff's Department might want to check with the BATFE on that. The two ingredients may be legal, but once they've been combined they are an explosive and therefore regulated under federal law.
A 32-year-old Georgia man lost his leg below the knee after trying to blow up his lawnmower by shooting at it, earning him a rebuke from local authorities, Online Athens reported.
“Yes, it is legal and no, we can’t make people stop doing it,” the Walton County Sheriff’s Department said on its Facebook page. “But why folks, just why?”
Deputies were called to a rural area near David Thomas Presley’s home in Monroe on Sunday after the incident. Presley was with a group of friends when he shot the lawnmower, which was packed with three pounds of an explosive sold under the name Tannerite.
“It is a patented combination of ammonium nitrate and aluminium powder that is supplied as two separate powders that are mixed and shaken to produce an explosive,” local fire Battalion Chief Craig League told the Loganville Local News.
League said the substance is sold in outdoor stores around the area, and has become “extremely popular” in recent years.
“It has become quite common for us to run calls involving Tannerite,” he explained. “Typically two to five calls per week.”
In Presley’s case, he lost his leg when a piece of shrapnel sheared it off. His friends put him in a vehicle and had gotten as far as a nearby driveway when they encountered an ambulance. He was subsequently airlifted to an Atlanta hospital. His current condition is unknown.
League said that the incident was the first of its type, despite the constant calls involving Tannerite.
“Please adhere to the warnings and use this dangerous material with caution or maybe consider other less dangerous hobbies,” he advised.
Police say a Billings man held a mortar-type fireworks at his hip while launching the projectiles before one struck and killed him in a July 4 fireworks accident.
Nathan Vannatta, 32, of Billings, was lighting the mortars and one of them didn’t ignite properly, said Lt. Casey Hafner of Billings Police Department.
Hafner said Vannatta turned the tube the fireworks were being launched from to look inside when the stalled mortar went off.
At about 10:30 p.m. police responded to the reported accident at a residence on the 3000 block of Fifth Avenue South. Vannatta was pronounced dead on scene.
Lt. Bill Jones, Yellowstone County Coroner, said Vannatta died from blunt force trauma to the neck.
Man dies after bug-eating contest in Deerfield Beach
Broward Sheriff's detectives are investigating the death of a 32-year-old West Palm Beach man who collapsed and died after an insect-eating contest on Friday in Deerfield Beach.
Edward Archbold was seen stuffing handfuls of roaches and worms in his mouth with about 30 other contestants vying to win the grand prize of a python, investigators said.
It happened at the Ben Siegel Reptile Store, at 3314 W. Hillsboro Blvd.
"They're all captive bred bugs. They're bred in sterile conditions," Siegel said. "They're not bugs we go catch. They're bred for exotic pet feed and they're completely safe."
Shortly after the contest was over, Archbold wasn't feeling well and began to regurgitate. He had consumed dozens of roaches and worms to win the contest and later collapsed in front of the store, investigators said.
Siegel called 911 and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue took Archbold to Broward Health North Medical Center about midnight, where he was later pronounced dead.
None of the other contestants showed any signs of illness after the contest.
"Everybody was fine," Siegel said. "Eddie was a super nice guy. Everyone here liked him. He was out-going. He was the life of the party."
Archbold's body was taken to the Broward Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Man dies after bug-eating contest in Deerfield Beach
Broward Sheriff's detectives are investigating the death of a 32-year-old West Palm Beach man who collapsed and died after an insect-eating contest on Friday in Deerfield Beach.
Edward Archbold was seen stuffing handfuls of roaches and worms in his mouth with about 30 other contestants vying to win the grand prize of a python, investigators said.
It happened at the Ben Siegel Reptile Store, at 3314 W. Hillsboro Blvd.
"They're all captive bred bugs. They're bred in sterile conditions," Siegel said. "They're not bugs we go catch. They're bred for exotic pet feed and they're completely safe."
Shortly after the contest was over, Archbold wasn't feeling well and began to regurgitate. He had consumed dozens of roaches and worms to win the contest and later collapsed in front of the store, investigators said.
Siegel called 911 and Broward Sheriff Fire Rescue took Archbold to Broward Health North Medical Center about midnight, where he was later pronounced dead.
None of the other contestants showed any signs of illness after the contest.
"Everybody was fine," Siegel said. "Eddie was a super nice guy. Everyone here liked him. He was out-going. He was the life of the party."
Archbold's body was taken to the Broward Medical Examiner's Office for an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
He probably was a statistician who thought the odds were very good. 
