A 32-year-old man lost his leg after a piece of shrapnel took it off in a gun accident yesterday. The Walton Country Georgia Sheriff’s office posted a notice to their Facebook page.
Yes, it is legal and no, we can't make people stop doing it. But why, folks, just why?
The dangers of tannerite were more than words Saturday afternoon for a 32 year old resident of eastern Walton county. He was dangerously close to the object containing the tannerite when the final gun shot round caused it to explode sending a piece of shrapnel through his leg severing it below the knee. Yes, completely taking his leg.
If you search “tannerite” on YouTube, you will get a plethora of videos of (mostly) men blowing things up with the stuff—using their guns to make things go “boom.”
Tannerite is the brand name of a binary explosive marketed primarily for making exploding targets for long range firearms practice. It is a patented combination of ammonium nitrate, which acts as an oxidizer, and aluminum powder for the fuel.
When the two separate powders are mixed and shaken, it produces an explosive material. However, the explosion produced by the mixture is non-incendiary.
Last year an eight-year-old boy died as the result of some idiot blowing up a stove, outdoors, using the stuff. Is this something we can make a law to “control” or is also protected by the Second Amendment?