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22 months in jail for making "damp firework" level explosives. What a travesty.

londons_explore 7y ago
Years ago I remember school mates competing for the prize of "loudest bang from 1 gram". If they did that now, I reckon they'd all be in prison...
- rcurry 7y ago
  When I was ten years old, I used to bicycle from my grandfather’s house to his farm property eight miles away. I’d sling my .22 rifle on the back of the bike so I could go hunt rabbits and as I pedaled down the highway in the hot California sun, I’d pray that I’d run into a cop because they’d always pull over, throw my bike and my rifle in the trunk of their squad car and give me a ride up the road to the property. Good times.
sf_rob 7y ago
We used to do this in high school and bought a single large bag of potassium nitrate from a local commercial agriculture shop. We even called ahead to make sure that it had specific chemical designations on the bag because it was far enough away to be a pain to get to. Looking back it was very dumb in a legal sense (and a lung health sense haha).
pjc50 7y ago
22 months on remand for terrorism charges, in a country which has seen recent mass fatalities from homemade explosives? Really this is a "don't you know there's a war on" situation, everyone should know that messing around with unapproved explosives is likely to get you reported to anti-terrorism police.
- AstralStorm 7y ago
  Why did they hold this person for 22 months though, is the investigation so overloaded they cannot handle it quicker? This should have ended in a few months tops, expedited, and with a fine for breaking explosives handling licenses. If whoever is in charge thinks long jail time will deter a terrorist, they should get their head checked.
_jal 7y ago
In my wayward youth, a friend of mine and I made nitroglycerin and had a lot of fun detonating it. This was a very rural area, nobody said a word back then. I've often thought that if I were 20 years younger, I'd be in jail for a long time for my youthful indiscretions.

Years ago I remember school mates competing for the prize of "loudest bang from 1 gram". If they did that now, I reckon they'd all be in prison...

rcurry 7y ago
When I was ten years old, I used to bicycle from my grandfather’s house to his farm property eight miles away. I’d sling my .22 rifle on the back of the bike so I could go hunt rabbits and as I pedaled down the highway in the hot California sun, I’d pray that I’d run into a cop because they’d always pull over, throw my bike and my rifle in the trunk of their squad car and give me a ride up the road to the property. Good times.

sf_rob 7y ago

We used to do this in high school and bought a single large bag of potassium nitrate from a local commercial agriculture shop. We even called ahead to make sure that it had specific chemical designations on the bag because it was far enough away to be a pain to get to. Looking back it was very dumb in a legal sense (and a lung health sense haha).

pjc50 7y ago

22 months on remand for terrorism charges, in a country which has seen recent mass fatalities from homemade explosives? Really this is a "don't you know there's a war on" situation, everyone should know that messing around with unapproved explosives is likely to get you reported to anti-terrorism police.

AstralStorm 7y ago
Why did they hold this person for 22 months though, is the investigation so overloaded they cannot handle it quicker? This should have ended in a few months tops, expedited, and with a fine for breaking explosives handling licenses. If whoever is in charge thinks long jail time will deter a terrorist, they should get their head checked.

_jal 7y ago

In my wayward youth, a friend of mine and I made nitroglycerin and had a lot of fun detonating it. This was a very rural area, nobody said a word back then. I've often thought that if I were 20 years younger, I'd be in jail for a long time for my youthful indiscretions.