Phantom Fireworks in the News

William Weimer, vice president and general counsel of Phantom Fireworks, is to be commended for the way he runs and maintains his business.  He was reportedly able to quickly search company records and help the police investigation into yesterday's subway car shooting in Brooklyn.

After seeing photos of the smoke devices the gunman used, Mr. Weimer was able to identify his product, and ... presumably given the name of man who might have rented a U-Haul used in the crime, to quickly search company records and confirm a purchase of four devices allegedly used in the attack.

Frank James, a black man from Milwaukee, has been identified as a suspect, based on a credit card and key found at the scene.  According to the Phantom of Racine receipts, Mr. James allegedly purchased those devices last summer at the highway fireworks store in Caledonia.  Phantom also has locations in Roberts, Wisc. (growing rural town close to the Minn. border that will one day be an exoburg to the Cities) and in Highland, Ind. (part of the Northwest Indiana region booming in recent years as more and more Illinois residents flee their state and the Chicago area, while remaining close to the city.)

Phantom Fireworks and Krazy Kaplan's are familiar to highway drivers, especially around the Independence Day, as residents stock up on their purchases, which are illegal to purchase in Illinois but are tolerated being shot off nightly by most police departments, helpless to enforce the laws in the weeks surrounding the Fourth.  A lot of dogs and older people hate those freedom celebrations (and people who like to sleep without waking up thinking they are in a war zone...)

I'm impressed not only that the company keeps good records of who is purchasing their products, but that Mr. Weimer's company was quickly able to provide police with a purchase date (summer 2021.)

When you work with a product like that -- which can be legally enjoyed, but also can be illegal in many jurisdictions -- you need to be proactive and effficient in your business dealings.

Now... find out who was responsible for maintaining the security cameras in the busy Brooklyn subway stop -- there's plenty of money there -- and call them out for not doing their jobs.  Imagine what you are telling the workers commuting into the city that use your product every day:  you're not worth protecting.

For all the lives at stake daily, the city is unable to provide even the basic level of security.  For all the money spent bringing workers in ply their trades, the City of New York could not be bothered to invest in an efficient camera system, monitored daily by police authorities and properly maintained.  Imagine what tourists -- especially international tourists who rely on safe and efficient trains in their home countries -- think today, upon learning that the cameras present on the New York subway system are merely a security farce.  For all the money being spent there...

You can't "ban" products from coming in to your area, or isolate yourself from the chaos going on today in our cities, as Rule of Law is falling and more people -- mentally ill and otherwise -- and hitting innocent others.  You have to protect your own people, and hold those in authority accountable.  It's not just a show -- something for the media to report and clap for, when the mayor makes public appearances.

How much better if our leaders in charge were men like Mr. Weimer, working quietly and behind the scenes to invest in computer and camera systems too that would allow him to put his hands on needed information from months back -- quickly --  when a crime occurs using his products.  Freedom demands nothing less from our leaders and those taking money to protect the people who keep this country running daily.

If this doesn't spur the City of New York to upgrade its subway security system to protect its own people, nothing likely will.  

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Suspect Frank James