Okay, so last week LAPD seized—I KID YOU NOT—5,000 pound of illegal fireworks from a single home in Los Angeles. In the process, they also arrested a 27-year-old man.

Now, don't get me wrong, as a libertarian I'm all for illegal fireworks. But in LA it's a whole different ball game, and wildfires can start in no time, causing damage and loss of life which nobody wants to witness.

So sure, I'll give ‘em that. They at least had a reason for the confiscation.

But after LAPD seized these thousands of pounds of fireworks they tried to detonate just ten pounds of them in a "specialized armored truck designed for controlled detonations."

Well, I'm pretty sure this armored vehicle WAS NOT designed for this type of an explosion.

You tell me:

The explosion flipped cars and shattered windows across a two-block radius.

Yeah man, that didn't turn out as planned.

And luckily nobody was seriously injured, though 16 people had to be hospitalized.

So now, going back to that libertarian talk from earlier: I think these fireworks would've actually been much more productive in the hands of normal everyday Americans who wanted to have fun.

Don't you?

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