Man Arrested Trying To Board Flight With M-80s

American Voices • Opinion • ISSUE 48•14 • Apr 2, 2012

Authorities in Philadelphia arrested a 29-year-old man trying to board a flight to San Francisco with commercial-grade M-80s and a bottle of flash powder. What do you think?

“There are so many different kinds of fireworks, how is anyone supposed to remember which ones are allowed on planes?”
Eric Kipper –
Systems Analyst
“So now it’s the government’s business when a man wants to blow up dog poop across state lines?”
Felicia Sandor –
Organ-Pipe Voicer
“Putting the fireworks kiosk in the Philadelphia airport was definitely a bad idea.”
Pat Nicholson –
Glass Bender

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