Senator to Introduce Legislation Requiring Background Checks for Sale of Explosive Powder
“If we are serious about public safety, we must put these common-sense safeguards in place. While the police have not revealed what specific explosive materials were used in Boston, what we do know is that explosive powder is too easy to anonymously purchase across the country.”
We all knew this was coming, it was just a matter of when.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 9:36 am
by jimlongley
Having made my own "powder" out of common household items during my misspent youth (a very long time ago) this has interesting implications.
So now we outlaw aluminum, flour, and powdered sugar.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:11 am
by Texasrpbrock
No.... We need to control access to pressure cookers. Dang... I guess I won't be getting to make pinto beans for my BBQ any time soon.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:34 am
by powerboatr
want to bet if you run into alco/walmart/dollar general/dillards/ and say buy three pressure cookers....you will get a visit from a black suv
these lawmkers really need to get a grip
we cant outlaw everything because anything can be made into a destructive item
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:55 am
by bdickens
What we really need to outlaw is idiot Senators and Congressmen.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 11:04 am
by anygunanywhere
bdickens wrote:What we really need to outlaw is idiot Senators and Congressmen.
Don't forget judges and presidents too.
Anygunanywhere
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 2:54 pm
by SQLGeek
The phrase "common-sense" coming from a politician's mouth generates a nearly instantaneous wretching these days.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 7:10 pm
by alvins
they had a whole shelf of tannerite at academy. whats the difference.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:09 pm
by brainman
alvins wrote:they had a whole shelf of tannerite at academy. whats the difference.
The difference is back-door gun control. If a background check is required for powder, and one can empty out all ammunition and get all the powder you want, then it stands to reason that we'll need background checks and controlled access to ammo. Boom. Gun control. Common sense measures and all that.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:19 pm
by gthaustex
There are a whole lot more things that are explosive than just blackpowder and smokeless powder. Those may be the easiest to use for something like the bombings, but there are many others. You just need to contain the reaction and you have a bomb....
Lautenberg is an idiot.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 8:28 pm
by RJGold
We need to control access to the border...
Back to the foreign students thread...
They're why I have guns...
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Fri Apr 19, 2013 10:01 pm
by suthdj
Maybe we should just not have any public gatherings that way those innocent bombs won't go boom.
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 7:03 am
by gthaustex
The way the Constitution is being trampled, I honestly don't think those in power would have a problem with banning or limiting large public groups either.....
Re: Obviously, we need to control access to powder.
Posted: Sat Apr 20, 2013 1:17 pm
by tommyg
I don't see how making it hard to get gun powder will stop something like the Boston Bombing incident.
There are too many ways to cause trouble it is impossible to stop every way without colapsing our society
