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You have ZERO financial privacy (links.hackliberty.org)
submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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and after casually admitting to dragnet mass surveillance, they had the audacity to later force a redaction. see below:

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There is a big difference between someone printing a gun and building an actual bomb.

Imo, only if the bomb is passively a threat to others.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Agree on the sentiment. But the bomb i meant is a different scale. if recreational or scientific explosives are what you want are you really going to do so using an actual truckload of industrial fertilizer? Most people don’t have that kind of pocket money to burn either.

Having done some research the most famous bombing using fertilizer was the Oklahoma city bombing in 95. Which used about 5000 pounds of fertilizer and resulted in the death of over 150 people. Over 600 injured.

A farmer may need more then 10 times that amount annually. So for them this is a normal purchase.

But if your not a farmer, requesting such amounts. It should be standard to at least show your Mythbusters member card instead or something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

But the bomb i meant is a different scale. if recreational or scientific explosives are what you want are you really going to do so using an actual truckload of industrial fertilizer?

And in that case, the collection of explosives could potentially be a passive threat to others. Imo, the laws surrounding it should depend on the context — ie threat to public safety.