Exploding Targets

[Falstaff]

hmmm, the Tannerite guy (Mr tanner) says on video, on his website that it's completely legal... You'd think he'd a checked into this pretty thouroughly before shipping millions of pounds of this stuff into CA...

[terrapinflyer25]

Too many people watching Top Shots.

I suppose that you don't enjoy shooting? On top of that you don't enjoy big explosions? you must be that guy when fireworks are going off your hiding under the table?
Me on the other hand, I love blowing stuff up. I love fireworks, Im the guy (when I didnt live in Ca the fire state) who always has a trunk full of fun fireworks.
I dunno shooting is fun and blowing stuff up is fun put them together...
No brainer.

I never heard back from the Sheriffs office today Ill call them again tomorrow.
I still would love to read some details on our fellow CalGunners legal problems so that I can be more informed. I still haven't been able to dig that up in our search engine.

[afro]

That's one answer I give to anti's when they ask the question.

"You like fireworks, right?" The big boom, the thud in your chest, followed by pretty colors and more booms. It's pretty much the same thing, except I get to tell it when to go boom.

[terrapinflyer25]

So the Mendocino Sheriff's office called me back today, the range master told me that it was totally Ca legal to have tannerite that you just should not mix and make ready till your going to use it.

So... Yea not illegal.

[JaMail]

ive never seen that much of it at a cross roads show as i did this last weekend.

[WDE91]

The Sheriff also is the not the one who does the prosecuting
I think you would be better off if you contacted DOJ and your local DA

[terrapinflyer25]

Since I live in a town with 3500 people in it and no police only the sheriff. The sheriff is the one who would be putting cuffs on me and charging me with having an explosive, so if their office is not concerned than neither am I. Calling my local DA is a good idea, Ill give that office a call tomorrow.

[cdtx2001]

I love the H&S code definition for making fireworks illegal. "For entertainment" to me would also probably have to involve "for profit" commercial values as well.

I love tannerite and have shot a lot of it out in NV.

It really is too bad that anything fun is illegal in CA.

[bob_e95482]

About a month ago I ordered the Weekend Blast from Sportsman's guide, it was $100 for (8) 1/2 lb, (4) 1 lb, and (2) 2lb. If SG will ship to PRK, then it has to be legal.

[G60]

Yeah don't rely on your local sheriff's office for legal advice.

[terrapinflyer25]

Well let see, the only persons in the position to arrest me tell me that they don't consider this product illegal. You can ship it and sell it in CA so I see two points in the legal favor and how many in the illegal? I hear some rumors of a fellow CalGunner having legal problems but that has not been confirmed. So in my case Mendocino County Sheriff Thomas D. Allman's office says that they don't give a crap so neither do I.

[BigDogatPlay]

Yeah don't rely on your local sheriff's office for legal advice.

+1.... I'd be a lot more interested in what the District Attorney thinks about it than what the sheriff does. While Tannerite seems like a lovely bit of fun, and small pre-made targets might pass some DA's sniff test (knowing full well that the same thing might not pass other DA's as there are 58 of them and 58 different ideas about what's what), on the whole I think it's playing with fire. Mixing the constituent parts yourself in any type of measurable quantity IMO constitutes manufacturing an explosive under California law which is a felony.

Just my ten cents of former LEO opinion. Grizzly Guy provided some good links / info. Be careful.

ETA: And depending on where you are at in Mendocino County I'd worry less about the sheriff than I would about the CalFire fire marshals, who are peace officers with full authority.

[a1c]

+1.... I'd be a lot more interested in what the District Attorney thinks about it than what the sheriff does. While Tannerite seems like a lovely bit of fun, and small pre-made targets might pass some DA's sniff test (knowing full well that the same thing might not pass other DA's as there are 58 of them and 58 different ideas about what's what), on the whole I think it's playing with fire. Mixing the constituent parts yourself in any type of measurable quantity IMO constitutes manufacturing an explosive under California law which is a felony.

Just my ten cents of former LEO opinion. Grizzly Guy provided some good links / info. Be careful.

ETA: And depending on where you are at in Mendocino County I'd worry less about the sheriff than I would about the CalFire fire marshals, who are peace officers with full authority.

^^ Exactly.

Now I don't know whether tannerite is legal in California or not.

But legal or not, it goes boom with nice balls of fire, and right now, we're in the no-burn season. So all this needs to be carefully considered...

[Army]

^^ Exactly.

Now I don't know whether tannerite is legal in California or not.

But legal or not, it goes boom with nice balls of fire, and right now, we're in the no-burn season. So all this needs to be carefully considered...

Tannerite changes chemical composition rapidly, creating a massive over pressure. That's the boom. The "smoke" is mostly water vapor that disapates quickly.

It does not create a "ball of fire" nor spit out flaming shards. Of the many Tannerite detonations I have done and witnessed, I really do not recall anything that could be called a fireball, outside of a subdued and quick flash.

[Jel]

^^ Exactly.

Now I don't know whether tannerite is legal in California or not.

But legal or not, it goes boom with nice balls of fire, and right now, we're in the no-burn season. So all this needs to be carefully considered...

The "nice balls of fire" you are referring to are probably the vids seen online where people enhance the explosion with gasoline. I've seen small tiny flashes of flame, but no balls of fire.