Fighting Fourth Of July Fire With Fire

Can you believe this? This was the scene on our suburban street over the Fourth of July.

In order for this to happen some irresponsible parents had to drive to a Connecticut grocery store, purchase a 20-piece Patriotic Pyro-Pack ("Yes, I'll take some explosive devices with my milk and eggs, thank you."), conceal said devices under reusable grocery bags in the back of their SUV, and transport them across the state line.

All so their pyromanical children could get their annual hit of TNT.

These parents not only broke numerous laws with their noisy cache of Triple Whistlers, Giant Mystery Geysers and Razzle Dazzlers. They risked the wrath of neighbors with sleeping toddlers and set the neighborhood hounds a howling, turning a usually quiet street into Felluja.

I even saw one of them smoking a punk.

And here's what I found on the street the morning after.

I'm calling the police.