As you know, most of the northwest is on fire.  So some damn fool decided to go pour gasoline on it.

Scott Turner, who is 42 years old and should know better, describes himself as a “paramilitary firearms instructor.” You know, in my mind, if you want to run around playing military, join the damn military. We need you.

Scott didn’t want to do that so he does firearm training … and more!  He towed an old car to the firing range, mixed up some Tannerite, put it behind the car door, and let people pay him to come shoot at it.  Of damn course he got hit with shrapnel. He was begging for it.

The training involved shooting Tannerite, a brand-name explosive often used in firearms target practice, the sheriff’s office said. Turner brought the Tannerite and had placed it behind a car door.

The car ripped apart and pieces of it hit Turner.

Turner is supposed to be teaching self-defense.  Best I can figure, the only self-defense involved with exploding bombs is to run like hell.  But noooooo … Turner wanted to put on a show and make a big boom!

State law also bans the use of exploding targets during fire season in forest protection districts and makes their use a Class A violation that carries a $460 fine.

Yeah, you’d think that explosives might, just might, be a fire hazard.  What the self-defense for that?  Water hoses?

I got this picture off this guy’s Facebook page.

With any luck at all, he won’t be able to reproduce.

Thanks to Fenway Fran for the heads up.