To be fair and accurate, 'twas the "diversity-rich" MythBusters B-team that fired it off, not The Boys. They took responsibilty for showing up and apologizing, apparently. Compare and contrast John "Duh...Where Da Money Go????" Corzine.

"Nada problema. We've done this THOUSANDS of time."

That is the second most scary thing to hear somebody say.

(First is "Here, hold my beer and watch this.")

Hear, hear!

They aren't going to show the video? Heck, I'd pay money to see it and buy a ticket to attend a repeat. Gotta make sure the whole thing wasn't just a myth, you know.

I own a small cannon.

There is no such thing as "too much backstop".

I am dismayed that they won't show the video, though. Dismayed. Not surprised.

Count down to how long it takes California to finally getting around to shutting down cannon shooters for good...

You can cause as much ruckus with a potato cannon, just can't load a big a projectile.

I like the illustration of the 18th century Slim Pickens.

Meet Baron Munchhausen, doncha know.

I think it safe to say Alameda County has declared the entire crew persona non grata at the bomb range, and probably barred any future involvement by county personnel.

Anybody but me think it is a little odd that there is a bomb range still operating there?

I'm with Larry on this. There are all sorts of safety protocols out there that determine how close people can be to explosives and how much explosives can be used. There's also a big difference between explosives and intentional ballistics such as guns and, er, cannons.

We have ranges here in Jersey that are miles from civilians, and yet they recently had an accident in which they exploded an artillery round via a sympathetic detonation. By some freak of physics, a piece of shrapnel ended up shaped like a frisbee, blew out of the testing canyon, got caught on the wind, sailed a tremendous distance and then crashed through a house. A family cat wasn't killed by the shrapnel, but it did lose it's life.

Don't try this at home, children.

If they had any cojones, they would make a special show out of it: Myth: that playing with explosives and projectiles can always be done safely: Busted!

That would be a great show: watching them eat a heaping helping of humble pie. They could throw in all sorts of historical "accidents" footage, where the professionals lost control.

The point being, there's no such thing as too much safety, only how much can you afford. Like a little mouse-pfft .22 Long Rifle cartridge: accurate to 100 yds, lethal to a mile. And the importance of doing a "what could go wrong, and what would happen if it did" analysis, before you start shooting.