Brickbat: Let the Fireworks Begin

Nicole McCurdy wants to know why San Joaquin County, California, sheriff's deputies raided her home, ordering her and her two children out at gunpoint. The sheriff's office declined a request for an interview from a local media outlet, but said in a statement "The search warrant stemmed from an ongoing investigation of an illegal fireworks operation that was connected to the home. Deputies had to take necessary precautions due to knowledge of criminal history and firearms in the home." McCurdy said her family has hosted a July Fourth fireworks show for the past three years. But she said they have always bought fireworks that have the State Fire Marshal's Safe and Sane Seal from what they believed to be approved dealers. Ripon, the town where the family lives, permits such fireworks.

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[Don't look at me!]

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[Inigo Montoya]

Remember when July Fourth used to be called “Independence Day” and people actually thought that signified something besides a movie about aliens? Those were good times.

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A poem by Howard Nemerov

Because I am drunk, this Independence Night,
I watch the fireworks from far away,
from a high hill, across the moony green
Of lakes and other hills to the town harbor,
Where stately illuminations are flung aloft,
One light shattering in a hundred lights
Minute by minute. The reason I am crying,
Aside from only being country drunk,
That is, may be that I have just remembered
The sparklers, rockets, roman candles and
so on, we used to be allowed to buy
When I was a boy, and set off by ourselves
At some peril to life and property.
Our freedom to abuse our freedom thus
Has since, I understand, been remedied
By legislation. Now the authorities
Arrange a perfectly safe public display
To be watched at a distance; and now also
The contribution of all the taxpayers
Together makes a more spectacular
Result than any could achieve alone
(A few pale pinwheels, or a firecracker
Fused at the dog's tail). It is, indeed, splendid:
Showers of roses in the sky, fountains
Of emeralds, and those profusely scattered zircons
Falling and falling, flowering as they fall
And followed distantly by a noise of thunder.
My eyes are half-afloat in happy tears.
God bless our Nation on a night like this,
And bless the careful and secure officials
Who celebrate our independence now.

[Fist of Etiquette]

The Founders never envisioned a world where citizens would try to circumvent authorities to celebrate American independence with fireworks.

[Longtobefree]

I bet the cops took all their fireworks - - - - - - - - - - - -

[kcuch]

Nipped that, right in the bud, they did.

[Dillinger]

fire the C.I.

[Unicorn Abattoir]

San Joaquin County, California
Safe and Sane Seal

Does not compute.