Youtube is filled with examples of abuse of the product 167 pounds for example
The original NBC story that is being cited in a slander & libel suit is this one:
Rossen Reports
Bombs for sale: Targets containing dangerous explosive being sold legally
Jennifer Plank-Greer of Kokomo, Indiana, was visiting a home in Celina, Ohio, on May 6, 2012, when she started recording cellphone video of a man about to fire a rifle at a target in the backyard. Plank-Greer was 150 feet away as the man fired at his target, a refrigerator containing just 2 pounds of exploding targets, a product openly for sale at some of the country's biggest stores.
The refrigerator exploded, sending shrapnel flying in all directions. A metal fragment struck Plank-Greer's right hand, nearly severing it at the wrist. "In a blink of an eye ... it was gone," she said. She says she was unaware the refrigerator contained exploding targets.
The problem is that any Jackass can see on
youtube how large an explosion you can generate by misusing this material. More pathetic is the genre of videos just on blowing up feral hogs using amounts far beyond recommended amounts. Perhaps playing off the
NBC Dateline rigged crashes of the 1990s, Tannerite is trying to get some PR and some cash from a nuisance lawsuit, despite what it seems are widespread misuse of its product beyond its actual specified use in very small amounts as a long range target indicator.
NBC News and a local affiliate have being slapped with a libel and slander lawsuit for March, 23, 2015 report that aired on Today (also known as The Today Show) entitled, “Bombs for Sale? Popular Stores Sell ‘Dangerous Explosives.'”
Attorneys representing Tannerite Sports filed suit against NBC Universal News Group (NBCU) and Lexington, KY-based WLEX Communications for libel and slander for allegedly defamatory print and video reports from NBC News national investigative correspondent Jeff Rossen.
Our client, Tannerite Sports, LLC has been publicly defamed by the false and misleading statements in the NBC news piece and the follow-up story by WLEX Communications, LLC. The news piece asserts that Tannerite®-brand targets are too dangerous to sell to ordinary consumers. To the contrary, Tannerite®-brand targets have been safely used for years.
Unfortunately, there are many in the media today who are driven by an agenda, and rather than simply tell the facts, they twist the truth. But in this situation, a line has been crossed. This is not a case of simply twisting the truth, this news piece included lies and misleading statements to make their point. We are confident of the merits of this case, and that our client will be victorious.