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>They saw no evidence of a crime and had no authority to enter his home or fenced property Is making a bomb a crime in the US? It feels like it would be so an
by vorticalbox 6y ago
>They saw no evidence of a crime and had no authority to enter his home or fenced property
Is making a bomb a crime in the US?
It feels like it would be so any report stating someone is creating one should probably give powers to investigate?
- burnthrow 6y agoHave you really thought this through?
- vorticalbox 6y agoClearly not.
- cjohnson318 6y agoMaking a bomb inside a police station is illegal, if it's in your backyard and there's no evidence of a crime, then it's totes okay.
- j16sdiz 6y agoCould violate some zoning / land use law
- Rebelgecko 6y agoThe list of things that the ATF considers to be "explosives" excludes a lot of things that are capable of going boom. Playing with explosives that you can legally make at home isn't an unheard of past time (even chemistry kits for kids used to include some crazy shit 30+ years ago. They don't any more, but I think that's more due to lawsuit aversion than legality) If he was just mixing tannerite in a relatively safe context he wouldn't have been breaking any laws.
- avalys 6y agoUm, hello, 911? I believe my neighbor vorticalbox is making a bomb. Better go have a look inside his house. I also heard he is hoarding illegal weapons and ammunition, so you should be prepared for a fight.
- vorticalbox 6y agoI 'believe' is different from 'I have seen vorticalbox making a bomb in his car'
- kilmarnock_pd 6y agoHow would you feel, Aaron, if strangers on the internet had the power of getting the police to your house based on bogus claims?
- dang 6y agoYou can't do this here and we've banned the account. Doing it will get your main account banned as well, so please don't. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- sneak 6y agoSearch warrants have been issued, and indeed mass murder by the ATF, has been conducted on about that much before. Most people have no idea how appallingly low the barrier to obtaining a search warrant is. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege Specifically: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege#The_Aguilera_affidavit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege#The_Aguilera_affida...
- dumpsterdiver 6y agoWhat are you talking about? Are you reporting a crime?
- ocdtrekkie 6y agoSo if I call up the cops and claim you are doing something illegal, without evidence, they should break into your place and look? There's a lot of risk for abuse there.
- lvturner 6y agoYes, there is. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swatting
- colejohnson66 6y agoThat’s an example of what reality is. Not evidence that it should be reality.
- jeffbee 6y agoThat’s how our system works today, how it has worked for a long time, and how it should continue to work. The Fourth Amendment calls for “probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation”. If someone says they personally witnessed another person building a bomb in their car, that is more than enough grounds for a search warrant.
- vorticalbox 6y agoThis isn't some random call to the police, this is from a person who was in the house, who witnessed the bomb being made and then reported this to the police.