Indiana Senator working on Tannerite restrictions

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Indiana senator calls for Tannerite prohibition (VIDEO) - Gun News at Guns.com

Indianapolis Sen. Jim Merritt and Metro Police Bomb Squad Commander Ron Humbert are calling for an end to the unrestricted sale of Tannerite, a popular and increasingly common exploding target material, and other compounds like it.

[DefensiveCarry.com]

[sixgun]

Thats a bunch of B.S.. In the article it says take it out of its intended purpose and it becomes criminal. Well DUHH!!! take a weed waker out of it purpose and it becomes criminal. Theres someone out there somewere that will ruin it for everybody. Almost anything can be used as a weapon and unlawfully. Go figure. Stay safe everyone. And enjoy your tannerite.

[archer51]

What an idiot. He's probably in favor of banning sex except for the procreation of the human race also.

[ccw9mm]

Unknown if true, but there is a reference to a blast radius of 5mi in one incident (on WikiPedia) for tannerite that involved taking its components and combining them into something much bigger. Ammonium-nitrate, perchlorate and a bit of clever mixing could make something larger than an end-of-range "poof." I can see the logic, though I don't agree with the conclusion at all, which would be like banning gasoline merely because in large doses it can create a fair-sized blast. Sadly, it wouldn't surprise me if a majority nodded their heads and voted "aye" for such a thing, simply because "blasts are bad."

[MrBuckwheat]

If he is your rep write him and tell why he should not