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Terrorism is probably not nearly as important in this as the march of legal liability. If chemistry sets ever included all the stuff required for making a serio
by slurgfest 14y ago
Terrorism is probably not nearly as important in this as the march of legal liability. If chemistry sets ever included all the stuff required for making a serious explosive, it has been decades since then.
If you started a chain of chemical hackerspaces for adults (the neat idea you describe) and did not take strict measures to control your liability then sooner or later you could be sure of a suit from someone who injured himself.
And the days have long passed when you could sell toys like "bag o'glass" to kids without facing epic liability.
- Zenst 14y agoYou right, liability and lawsuits are the crux realy. Makes you wonder how long until paper has printed warnings "handle with care - sharp edges may cut you" on it.
- pmiller2 14y agoSpeaking of glass, in Texas, you need a permit to own laboratory glassware. See http://www.crscientific.com/texas-glassware.html http://www.crscientific.com/texas-glassware.html .
- Zenst 14y agoWOW , thank you for highlighting that. Guess home brewers loved that law. Another case of everybody assumed to be some major drug lord making drugs again :(.