Where not to go in Canberra

I take my kids to Charnwood shops on a regular basis. Disturbing? Not so much, at least, not until some sherbert snorting numpty started distributing pipe bombs around.

I realise this event didn't occur at the shops. But all the same it is hardly a long reach for someone to decide shops as a target instead of a letterbox. The chromosomally challenged nitwit who did this may only have been doing it for a laugh. They were only small bombs after all.

It still bears concern that pipe bombs can pack a severe punch precisely because they are so small. One hundred and eleven people in a crowd got injured by a pipe Bomb at the Atlanta games. I know how Charnwood gets crowded on a Friday night. There are lots of places there to hide a pipe bomb. That wasn't an invitation for all the yuppies to descend on the place by the way.

This being so close to firecracker night I have little doubt the calls for a ban will start anew. Where else could he 'possibly' have gotten the explosives? What can we do to save people from their own stupidity, or even the stupidity of others?

Some say build a solid wall around Charnwood. Some say build a solid wall around Canberra.

Still others say fill it with water while you are at it.

When Parliament is in session.