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First of all, it looks like a stock photo. And they are clearly labled with "Consumer Fireworks" and "Made in China"

by pravda 13y ago

tptacek 13y ago
It's an entirely stupid reason for a police visit. It could have been a film of someone setting an actual bomb, and it would still be an entirely stupid reason for a police visit.
brown9-2 13y ago
Does that lessen the probability that someone saw it on Facebook and called the police?
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- freehunter 13y ago
  No, as opposed to something homemade, something illegal, or something that wouldn't be commonly used on July 4th in the US. If the FBI paid a visit to everyone who bought fireworks in the summer, we'd be paying a lot more in taxes. What Tsarnaev did have (and what she reports that that police questioned her family about) was a pressure cooker. I don't see any posts with picture of pressure cookers on her profile.
  - droithomme 13y ago
    I own a pressure cooker. I used it for cooking. Not only is it legal to own a pressure cooker, hundreds of thousands of americans, and tens of millions of people world wide, own and use these devices. They are particularly useful for reducing the cook time of long cooking dishes like stews, and are also necessary for proper sterilization of canned foods which are not acidic enough to be safe from normal immersion bath sealing. No license or ID or special training is needed to purchase or operate a pressure cooker. I also have a fairly good sized box of leftover fireworks and firecrackers. These are also legal and normal to own, and many millions of americans have purchased said items. There are fireworks stands in parking lots and gas stations during the summer, and there are fireworks warehouses that sell items in bulk. No license, ID or special training is generally required to purchase or operate fireworks in the states where they are legal. Some areas they are banned because of the fire hazard, some areas have age purchase restrictions that require ID. If I did put a photo of my pressure cooker, and my fireworks, on a facebook feed, I do not agree that that would be probable cause to search my house, or even to ask to do so (which is absolutely not a normal and routine interaction with law enforcement), nor would it be a reasonable use of taxpayer money to send a team out to investigate.
    - freehunter 13y ago
      Agreed. I was arguing against the now-deleted point that Tsarnaev must have had bombs labelled "for terrorist use only". Fireworks are not suspicious or uncommon. It seems more likely that, if she is telling the truth, the police are more interested in the pressure cooker and the backpack than the fireworks.
freehunter 13y ago
Second of all, it doesn't explain the police reportedly asking about things that they have recently been researching. I'm not sure if the original story is true. But this guy's interpretation of the events does seem even further off-base.

First of all, it looks like a stock photo. And they are clearly labled with "Consumer Fireworks" and "Made in China"

by pravda 13y ago

First of all, it looks like a stock photo. And they are clearly labled with "Consumer Fireworks" and "Made in China"

It's an entirely stupid reason for a police visit. It could have been a film of someone setting an actual bomb, and it would still be an entirely stupid reason for a police visit.

brown9-2 13y ago

Does that lessen the probability that someone saw it on Facebook and called the police?

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freehunter 13y ago
No, as opposed to something homemade, something illegal, or something that wouldn't be commonly used on July 4th in the US. If the FBI paid a visit to everyone who bought fireworks in the summer, we'd be paying a lot more in taxes. What Tsarnaev did have (and what she reports that that police questioned her family about) was a pressure cooker. I don't see any posts with picture of pressure cookers on her profile.
- droithomme 13y ago
  I own a pressure cooker. I used it for cooking. Not only is it legal to own a pressure cooker, hundreds of thousands of americans, and tens of millions of people world wide, own and use these devices. They are particularly useful for reducing the cook time of long cooking dishes like stews, and are also necessary for proper sterilization of canned foods which are not acidic enough to be safe from normal immersion bath sealing. No license or ID or special training is needed to purchase or operate a pressure cooker. I also have a fairly good sized box of leftover fireworks and firecrackers. These are also legal and normal to own, and many millions of americans have purchased said items. There are fireworks stands in parking lots and gas stations during the summer, and there are fireworks warehouses that sell items in bulk. No license, ID or special training is generally required to purchase or operate fireworks in the states where they are legal. Some areas they are banned because of the fire hazard, some areas have age purchase restrictions that require ID. If I did put a photo of my pressure cooker, and my fireworks, on a facebook feed, I do not agree that that would be probable cause to search my house, or even to ask to do so (which is absolutely not a normal and routine interaction with law enforcement), nor would it be a reasonable use of taxpayer money to send a team out to investigate.
  - freehunter 13y ago
    Agreed. I was arguing against the now-deleted point that Tsarnaev must have had bombs labelled "for terrorist use only". Fireworks are not suspicious or uncommon. It seems more likely that, if she is telling the truth, the police are more interested in the pressure cooker and the backpack than the fireworks.

freehunter 13y ago

Second of all, it doesn't explain the police reportedly asking about things that they have recently been researching. I'm not sure if the original story is true. But this guy's interpretation of the events does seem even further off-base.