NOVANEWS
New York Nanny Mayor Bloomberg says that sparklers could be used in terrorist attacks and should be banned.
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By JG Vibes
A recent bill to legalize the sale of sparklers in New York has mayor Bloomberg terrified, and he is begging the governor to veto the bill.
According to The Daily Caller:
Citing national security concerns and the war on terror, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg asked New York Gov. Michael Cuomo to ban the sale of children’s fireworks. City officials worried that sparklers — handheld fireworks that emit colorful sparks and are often waved through the air by kids on the Fourth of July — could be used in terrorist attacks, according to The New York Post.
Earlier this week, the state legislature finally took up the important business of sparkler sales, passing a bill that would legalize the sale of sparklers and cap guns to terrorists over the age of 18 from June 1st and July 5th, as well as between December 26th and January 2nd. Sales would be permitted throughout New York State, with the exception of New York City, which was destroyed by novelty fireworks on 9/11.
“While this bill excludes New York City, legalizing these devices everywhere else in the state would, as a practical matter, have the same effect in the five boroughs,” Joseph Garba, the mayor’s state legislative director, said in a memo obtained by the NY Post. “A recent attempt to harm innocent lives provides a frightening example of how legally purchased… fireworks can cause dramatic harm and even kill.”
Apparently Mr. Garba believes that illegally purchased firearms will be safer, but as we know the black market never has that effect on a prohibited item.
Garba was referring to the failed Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad, who, in Garba’s words, “purchased fireworks at a Pennsylvania chain store, transported the fireworks to Connecticut and created a bomb-like device that he transported into New York City with the intent of killing and causing havoc in a busy tourist area.”
However, these items could obviously be bought illegally as well, and it is possible to create powerful explosive devices with common household products, so the entire argument is foolish to begin with.
