P.O. Box 3745 www.BoomerShoot.com
Moscow, ID 83843-1916
JoeH@BoomerShoot.com
(208) 301.4254
Feb. 15, 2005
Explosives makers scramble for one last
blast
Last
chance for media representatives to experience explosives hands-on, at
Boomershoot
WHAT: Boomershoot 2005 (Precision rifle shooting at
exploding targets) WHEN: Explosives
preparation: Thursday - Sat. April 27-30, 8:30am-5:30pm WHERE: Cavendish, Idaho Directions
-- http://www.boomershoot.com/directions.htm WHY: All-American recreational
enjoyment of pyrotechnics & guns CONTACT: Joe
Huffman, Event Director, JoeH@Boomershoot.com, 208-301-4254 or
Stephanie Sailor, Range Safety Assistant, WEBSITE: http://www.Boomershoot.com PHOTOS & VIDEOS:
Long range shooting & explosions:
Sun., May 1, 9am–3pm
A new Federal law is sending explosives enthusiasts scrambling for one last blast on May 1, 2005, at Boomershoot, an annual extreme sporting event of rifle shooting at exploding targets, held in Teakean-Cavendish, Idaho. Available to media representatives are exclusive spectator/participator slots that include the opportunity to mix explosives and shoot rifles, courtesy of Boomershoot.
“This is your last chance to experience hands-on explosives mixing as a truly free American,” says Joe Huffman, Boomershoot Director, who holds an Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATFE) license to manufacture high explosives.
The Safe Explosives Act of 2002 (SEA) – included as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 – will impact Huffman’s renewal of his ATFE explosives license this July. New requirements will also force his assistant explosives handlers to obtain letters of clearance from the ATFE. Details on SEA: http://www.boomershoot.com/SafeExplosivesAct.pdf
“Media
representatives, friends, and family help me prepare explosives for my annual
event, but after Boomershoot 2005, anyone providing hands-on explosives help
will be breaking Federal law unless they’re ATFE-approved,” says Huffman.
Intended to keep explosives out of the hands of terrorists, the act “will have
no effect on terrorists – they don’t follow laws,” says Huffman. “The
so-called ‘safe’ Explosives Act turns those having good, clean, safe,
pyrotechnical fun into potential law breakers." Details on the
negative effects of SEA: http://www.boomershoot.com/SafeExplosivesActEffects.htm
Boomershoot explosives handlers after the 2005 event will be required by law to
submit a form to the ATFE. Thereafter, they will undergo a rigorous background
check, and will be added to a government database. The wait for processing
could take several months. Link to ATFE form: http://www.boomershoot.com/ExplosivesHandlerForm.pdf
“Most people don’t want to be put on a government list to participate in a
once-a-year extreme sporting event,” says Huffman. “The new law makes
explosives-handling at Boomershoot 2005 a once-in-a-lifetime event.”
Huffman, a Senior Research Scientist for a government laboratory, started Boomershoot in 1998 to give people a safe space in which to enjoy the recreational pleasure of guns and explosives. At the May 1st shoot, 600 reactive targets containing over 1000 pounds of high explosives will be detonated – some of them large enough to be heard over seven miles away, causing cars and houses to shake two miles from the range.
Boomershoot has maintained an A+ safety record with participants adhering to strict standards of safe gun handling and operation. Spectators are welcome at this year’s event; shooter positions are expected to sellout.
To arrange for special media access to explosives mixing, range shooting, and/or a close-up spectator slot – and for additional information – please contact Joe Huffman, Event Director, at (208) 301-4254, JoeH@BoomerShoot.com or Stephanie Sailor, Range Assistant, at Steph@Boomershoot.org. Visit the Boomer Shoot website at: http://www.BoomerShoot.com. ###