Anti's to go after black and smokeless powder next...

[xjsnake]

Senator Lautenberg to introduce bill in the wake of the Boston bombings that would require a background check to buy reloading powders and blackpowder.

 

http://www.lautenberg.senate.gov/newsroom/record.cfm?id=341435&

 

 

 

[npgunner]

BAN EVERYTHING!!!

[Randall53]

I wonder if they'll ban cars after the first mass murder of pedestians by vehicle occurs? I don't think it will be very long.

[Wingshooter]

These fools are embarrassing.

[glock55]

Black powder is useless without a pressure cooker. I say go after pressures cookers first.

[Wingshooter]

When they try to ban all the websites with recipes to make black powder they can stomp on the 1A and 2A at the same time.

[RichardR]

Yup, knew this was coming the moment it was reported that those may have been the materials used.

[itchytriggerfinger]

I told you they would find someway to link this back to gun control especially after king dildo's speech about how disappointed he is with the senate killing the gun control bill.

[Guest Cami]

Next they will try to ban amunition... after all it contains powder... idiots.

[RichardR]

Powder is a propellent not an actual explosive anyway, granted if the pressure of a burning propellent is captured & allowed to build up enough, it will "explode" but they are not one & the same.

Heck pressurized air can "explode" if enough pressure is allowed to build up, should we also require background checks for scuba tanks & air compressors?

Let's face it, the nanny state socialists aren't going to stop until the entire nation is wrapped in bubblewrap, biodegradeable, recycled, ecofriendly bubblewrap.

[npgunner]

Powder is a propellent not an actual explosive anyway, granted if the pressure of a burning propellent is captured & allowed to build up enough, it will "explode" but they are not one & the same.
Heck pressurized air can "explode" if enough pressure is allowed to build up, should we also require background checks for scuba tanks & air compressors?
Let's face it, the nanny state socialists aren't going to stop until the entire nation is wrapped in bubblewrap, biodegradeable, recycled, ecofriendly bubblewrap.

... except that if you put enough pressure on a bubble wrap you get a "pop," or mini explosion, so that will likely also be banned

[Guest 6.8 AR]

Keep your powder dry, and remember a little scuffle that happened in the late1700's.

[Trekbike]

I don't recall but did they propose a ban on fertilizer after the Oklahoma bombing? Edited April 21, 2013 by Trekbike

[RED333]

Read below

 

"If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government,our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin." Samuel Adams, 1776

Edited April 21, 2013 by RED333

[Grand Torino]

“It is outrageous that anyone, even a known terrorist, can walk into a store in America and buy explosives without any questions asked,” said Senator Lautenberg.

 

What I find outrageous is that blowhard Lautenberg and anyone else on the left for that matter thinks they know what's best for me and you.

[TMF]

And if these guys had wanted they could have made their own explosives from stuff bought at their CVS which would have blown better and caused more injury and death. Once again, you can't prevent evil, you can only react to it. As long as man has his imagination he will be capable of killing mass amounts of people regardless of any feel good legislation our whorediots in DC pass.

[dlm37015]

I don't recall but did they propose a ban on fertilizer after the Oklahoma bombing?

no but the goverment made it harder to get

[Dolomite_supafly]

no but the goverment made it harder to get

As well as change the composition that it is not as easily used to make explosives.

[Just2Honor]

If your first reaction to something is to ban it than you're not really interested in fixing the problem.   Either an Oportunists or an Idiot.       IMO, 70% of the DC politicians are opportunists looking to cash in on the publicity/re-election potential, 20% are idiots, 5% are ok, and the jury is still out on the rest.    

Edited April 21, 2013 by RoadKill

[seez52]

Looks like it's time for a group buy on black powder, who's in?

[Guest nra37922]

MS(BS)NBC News Flash.   Sen Diane Feinstein (D) CA. claims that powder used by Terrorists linked to NRA's assault weapons, ..223 ammo to be banned!!!  More news to follow....

Edited April 25, 2013 by nra37922

[Guest semiautots]

Academy Sports is selling Tannerite.  And another by Red Jacket.  Methinks that is an explosive.

 

Wonder what 5 pounds of flash powder would do?

[Dolomite_supafly]

Academy Sports is selling Tannerite.  And another by Red Jacket.  Methinks that is an explosive.

 

Wonder what 5 pounds of flash powder would do?

It is not an "explosive" until you mix it. Hint, the ingredients to Tannerite are fertilizer, a common and legal product, and aluminum, another common and legal product. Once the two are mixed it becomes an explosive but as sold Tannerite is perfectly legal. And according to the ATF it is perfectly legal for an individual to make explosives for personal use. Licensing requirements come in when you use your home made explosive to make money or you store it sell it already mixed. You cannot legally use those home made explosives to make a destructive device, like a pipe bomb or other offensive device.

[Guest semiautots]

News this morning says the explosive had perchlorate as the oxidizer, which means flash powder, which means fireworks.

Anyone else like setting off the big mortar round fireworks?  We could be next . . .

[Hershmeister]

Let's hope this ban would be as successful as the pseudofedrine Background check is in preventing meth production. Whoops - oh wait!