MUST SEE: Los Angeles mayor blows up a watermelon in AWESOME fireworks PSA

Greg P. | 5:48 AM on July 03, 2018

According to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, “this watermelon was completely destroyed by a firework the size of a stick of gum.” Now, we’ve set off a lot of commercially available fireworks in our day yet we have yet to find any the size of a stick of gum that can blow up a watermelon. But now that we know something like this exists, WE WANT TO TRY IT:

#Fireworks are illegal in the City of Los Angeles and even small ones can cause a lot of damage.

This watermelon was completely destroyed by a firework the size of a stick of gum.

? This #FourthOfJuly be safe, find a professional show near you: https://t.co/gow9utbD5K pic.twitter.com/KHqrJZDVba

— Mayor Eric Garcetti (@MayorOfLA) July 2, 2018

That was the mayor’s intended effect, no? He’s trying to sell watermelon-killer explosives?

I feel like this incredibly awesome video may not have its intended effect of reducing interest in fireworks https://t.co/DwhIXrLXQM

— Liam Dillon (@dillonliam) July 2, 2018

Are you trying to tease us all? That video made me want to buy fireworks! https://t.co/jrh5XFd3HU

— Marc Luber (@JD_COT) July 3, 2018

https://twitter.com/Chris_J_Owens/status/1014012671887396864

Millions of people thinking the same thing: How can I get my hands on some of these awesome gumstick fireworks? https://t.co/LGnSQgj0L5

— Paul Farhi (@farhip) July 3, 2018