NRA Has Worked for Decades to Block Efforts to Regulate Type of Explosive in Pipe Bombs

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  1. Vegas giants

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    I'm sure it is
     
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    "two pressure-cooker bombs filled with nails, ball bearings, and black powder exploded at the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon, killing three people and wounding hundreds more"
    https://www.texmed.org/Template.aspx?id=47205

    The potential for misuse is very great. It's best to err on the side of caution.
     
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    And if the bomber knew what he was doing, he could have caused even more carnage had he not used black powder.
     
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    "-- Up to half of the 3,000 fire deaths each year should be treated as homicides."

    Background checks for gasoline have a much higher priority than background checks for gun powder.

    https://www.abcactionnews.com/news/...erica-whats-the-alarming-reality1385154235626

    Were either of the brothers prohibited persons at the time of the bombing?
     
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    Yes, it is.
     
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    Sure; if what you want is a totalitarian police state....
     
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    I value freedom from death and injury over freedom from restrictions on explosives. Perhaps it's time for you to evaluate your priorities.
     
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    Do you value freedom from death and injury over freedom from restrictions on gasoline?

    Just how many people are killed by pipe bombs each year?
     
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    You just stated why your worldview - and priorities - are so out of whack.

    You want freedom from Freedom. True Freedom is Freedom TO, not Freedom FROM.
     
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    Exactly how much black powder was utilized in each explosive?

    Following such logic, the argument could be made that prohibiting the private ownership and use of motor vehicles is not only justified but also logically sound, as they are used in numerous crimes and other violent incidents that lead to a significant loss of life. One could make the case that their illicit use outnumbers all of the legitimate uses of motor vehicles. There are circumstances during which basic transportation is a crime in itself, which is supposedly the intended purpose of motor vehicles. Meaning that even if motor vehicles are used for their intended purpose, their use is still a criminal act.
     
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    Black powder is a simple chemical substance that can easily be produced at home, by anyone who has purchased the anarchist cookbook.
     
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    Or wikiHow.

    https://www.wikihow.com/Main-Page
     
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    Yeah but they still know they're lying.
     
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    Do they also oppose drain cleaner, rust remover, model engine fuel, ammonium nitrate, peroxide, and fertilizer?

    All of these can be used to make bombs, and are all freely available.
     
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    Great. Let's have everyone fill out a form stating they won't break the law.

    Why didn't you think of that sooner?

    So much common sense there.

    We could back that form up with "Crime Free Zone" signs.
     
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    I know. And lets everyone get a passport and we won't have any illegals in America! See....now we are working together!
     
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    Everify for everyone. Another good idea.

    You're getting so good at this.
     
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    Over the years I have legally made maybe 300 pounds of black powder, some of it around 2 or 3 F and a bit of it around 4F for a display, which I commonly mixed with aluminum or magnesium for bright white and with a touch of barium carbonate for green, calcium carbonate for red, copper oxide for blue.

    And in the end have set off some very safe and rather spectacular firework displays.
     
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    Too bad that can't get thru the GOP congress.....it can't even get a vote!
     
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    Well you should encourage your side to support your common sense ideas.
     
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    Lord knows the GOP won't. LOL
     
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    1000 terrorism deaths due to smokeless black powder?
    Oh my, now that is scary.

    I'm glad you think.
    That does not concern me
     
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    The Boston bombs weren’t made with gun powder, black or otherwise, but commonly available ingredients. So, ban Lowe’s, Home Depot and hardware stores?

    Or, just read the biography of Samuel Colt; it was what inspired me when I was young.
     
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    even better...we must micro tag every grain
     
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    And the tags will be incinerated once the powder burns.
     
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