[tpmintx]

“We can also confirm that he purchased several gas cans at a local home improvement store that same day.”

I, as founding and only member of "Dads Against Unregistered GAs Cans" or DAUGAC, hereby demand laws for gas can registration and the imposition of a 30-day waiting period for any container which might be utilized for holding gasoline or any other flammable or combustible liquid.

The following items should have a registration requirement and a 30-day waiting period.
• Gasoline cans
• Diesel cans
• Glass bottles (could be made into Molotov cocktails)
• Plastic bottles (see above)
• Paint cans
• Beer cans
• Any container of any sort, shape or size, which is either designed, or might be adapted to hold any sort of liquid of any sort.

THINK OF THE CHILDREN!!!

[Trod Upon]

If only professional tennis had been outlawed, this might never have happened.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

The following items should have a registration requirement and a 30-day waiting period.

Gasoline cans
Diesel cans
Glass bottles (could be made into Molotov cocktails)
Plastic bottles (see above)
Paint cans
Beer cans

Be very careful what you wish for as you may be surprised at what you get...

During the mid 1960's race riots erupted in various large cities, one of which was Milwaukee. Their riot quickly fizzled out after one store was torched around 16th and Brown. The response was to declare a 24 hour a day curfew, one facet of which was to ban all gasoline sales that were not dispensed into an automobile tank. They also banned all sales of alcoholic beverages in the county. The National Guard was brought in to post jeeps with machine guns at major intersections.

I remember it well as 27th August 1967 was the day I graduated from engineering college. I remember driving in from the burbs and meeting the first intersection with an armed patrol. They were very nice and sent me home with out any problems. I had to drive south of the county line to get liquid refreshments for my "graduation party".

Regards,
GtG

PS The Chief of Police, and the Mayor had an action plan and good intelligence. They dropped a lid on things before there was a chance to get out of control, I suspect they could never do that today.