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MRE Bombs/Draino Bombs/Ignorant Police and Courts
idsman75
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I've run across two gentlemen over the course of the last year who have been charged with "Reckless use of Fire" because they made an MRE Bomb (similar to a Draino Bomb) and set it off in a field or other place where no people were around to be alarmed.
For those that don't know, an MRE Bomb or Draino Bomb merely causes the rapid expansion of gasses inside of an enclosed container. A Gatorade bottle works well since no glass shrapnel will be thrown. The gasses escape from the liquid/chemical reaction inside of the container and cause the container to pop usually causing a very loud noise that is about as loud as an M-80. There is no fire or incindiary materials involved. It's similar to blowing up a balloon with too much air until it pops except you aren't providing the source of expanding gasses.
Is this pure ignorance on behalf of police and courts or is a kid not allowed to be a kid anymore? I guess I'm nostalgic for the days where a boy could be a boy and do boy things without being arrested and charged with something in a court of law. Remember when you could bring a gun to school and have it stored there so that you could go hunting when the school day was over? Heck, a friend of mine missed the bus and drove a John Deere lawnmower down country roads to school one day. I suppose that would be illegal today too.
For those that don't know, an MRE Bomb or Draino Bomb merely causes the rapid expansion of gasses inside of an enclosed container. A Gatorade bottle works well since no glass shrapnel will be thrown. The gasses escape from the liquid/chemical reaction inside of the container and cause the container to pop usually causing a very loud noise that is about as loud as an M-80. There is no fire or incindiary materials involved. It's similar to blowing up a balloon with too much air until it pops except you aren't providing the source of expanding gasses.
Is this pure ignorance on behalf of police and courts or is a kid not allowed to be a kid anymore? I guess I'm nostalgic for the days where a boy could be a boy and do boy things without being arrested and charged with something in a court of law. Remember when you could bring a gun to school and have it stored there so that you could go hunting when the school day was over? Heck, a friend of mine missed the bus and drove a John Deere lawnmower down country roads to school one day. I suppose that would be illegal today too.
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Luckily it hasnt reached Texas yet. Most people here just say boys will be boys.
Some of my friends and I got caught chalking and rolling another friends house and a police officer pulled up and had a talk with us and we explained that we were getting a friend, and he just laughed told us to have a fun safe and fun night and some other stuff and left.[:)]
Guess that makes me guilty of Chemical Warfare then, eh?
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By the way, dry ice works great too and you don't have to mess with the foil balls.
After looking up State law I found out a non-combustible device is legal for military members to use on State property.
You can not by found guilty of setting of an MRE bomb and possibly starting a fire, as it is a non-combustible explosive device which is just a rapid creation of gas contained thru a device that ruptures at a certain pressure point thus creating a bang or pop sound.
Check State Laws.
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Don't sweat the kids. They already know how. If they really want to know how, there are plenty of other more informative websites to visit.
8 OF MY FRIENDS HAVE FELONIES BECAUSE OF THESE BOMBS NOT KOOL
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Well tell your boys to quit blowing up mail boxes.[;)]
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We put Red Devil lye in a big coke bottle. We put aluminum foil in there with water. We fitted a big balloon to the top of the bottle.
As the hydrogen was produced the balloon filled up.
Tie the thing off, and it will float out of sight.
As a ten year old student of history I realized that the Hindenburg was full of hydrogen and it blew up.
I tied three balloons together and made a little gondola of aluminum foil, suspended with sewing thread from the balloons.
I got a cigarette for a fuse and put a little firecracker on the fuse in the gondola.
That thing was a thousand feet high and a mile away when it blew. Big puff of smoke, then ten seconds later you heard the explosion.
I guess, today, I would be the only ten year old detainee at Guantanamo.
We also managed to find a way to mix this and that and make our own bottle rockets. They were very primitive but we managed to make a few that took off flying and even gave a report.
ItGoBang--You CAN'T hurt yourself with an MRE bomb if you use a plastic bottle. Virtually impossible.
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I hope he will do it again, before someone gets hurt![:(!][:(!]
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Oooo Please! Most of this stuff is just loud noise makers. We did that hydrogen balloon thing in science class.
Now Roboman did get into pipe bombs a litte. I don't think kids should be messing around with that sort of thing at all without supervision. I had a good friend in school that was making pipe bombs with a friend and one went off -- killed his friend and he lost an arm and almost bled to death. We were only about 12. They're just too dangerous for kids. Once you're an adult if you want to blow yourself up that's your business.
1. Get a hold of some uranium 235(radioactive type) not 238.
2. Surround the uranium 235 with VERY HIGH exposives(enough to cause fusion)
3. Stand back about 100 miles, and detonate. If you made it right you should see something like this. But be careful, you could lose an eye making this bomb.
Is that bits and pieces of a mailbox I see in the upper left corner??
Who'd you go tease now.??!!??
Don't do anything that I've allready done - That'd be just plain STOOOOOOPID.
Is that bits and pieces of a mailbox I see in the upper left corner??
Who'd you go tease now.??!!??
Mailbox......what??? What does that mean?
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First off, an MRE "bomb" isn't an explosive nor does it produce fire or anything that could cause harm to bystanders. It's merely a noisemaker--like party poppers or "snaps" or caps for cap guns which you can purchase legally in most states (even in most states where fireworks are illegal). Your comment is rooted in the same knowledge base as the police and courts that I mentioned in the initial post.
P.S. I remember it well.
Sounds dumb?? It sure does! Just like the rest of your HINTS![:(!]
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Making an MRE "bomb" isn't illegal--just misinterpreted by cops and judges. Nobody is encouraging kids to do something dangerous. Making a non-threatening noise-maker ("bomb" is a misnomer) is not dangerous. It's about as dangerous as the sparks set off by a cap gun. I suppose your mother never let you play with those as a kid either.
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