So the latest thing I heard on national radio was that the older dude bought $200 worth of fireworks recently. Of course the NRA will somehow be blamed.

Yup. Some store in New Hampshire. The clerk says he asked for the loudest, most powerful type they had. Not an unusual question from what she said. Kinda makes Lautenberg's bill,introduced by Harry Reid, silly.

because About.com has a very nice article on how they could make that old boomy stuff.

That's one of the GRANDEST things about all the MEDIA & Worshipful Lordships People's Representatives in the commentary on the current Klabamazov Brothers {VFTP} -- their stupefying ignorance of the most elementary objects and procedures.