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Pressure cooker, black power,.. ball bearings.. Is there more to this stuff?
So the domestic or foreign terrorists made this from items at Walmart?

I think it is just a simple way to amplify the power of an explosive by pressurizing it, since pressure cookers are cheap, anonymous, pressure chambers.

Using a pressure cooker has more to do with availability than anything else. It also is a secondary source of shrapnel.

Fat Cat wrote:I think it is just a simple way to amplify the power of an explosive by pressurizing it, since pressure cookers are cheap, anonymous, pressure chambers.

I had a foreign roommate who I lived with last year who left me his pressure cooker which has his name engraved on it. So I dispute your argument.

The challenge in turning black powder or smokeless powder into an explosive device is containing it so that enough pressure can build to get the container to explode. Igniting it in a timely fashion is a whole other challenge.

Super edit: I just realized I wrote detailed instructions on how to make one which is prolly not cool.

I local radio show's host is long-time friends w/ CBS' chief investigative reporter (former FBI guy) and was talking about this AQ magazine called Inspire and that this exact scenario was mentioned.

"Such improvised devices use readily available materials that cannot be easily traced. Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, in its English-language online magazine Inspire, noted such "ingredients are readily available" and they are "easily disposed of if the enemy searches your home."

There is no evidence that AQAP or any of its supporters was involved in the Boston attack. Nor is it clear whether the attack was the work of one or more individuals. But AQAP has championed 'do-it-yourself terrorism' in the last three years, urging Muslims in the West to take action on their own."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/16/us/boston ... ?hpt=hp_t1

black powder is "low" explosive- burns rather than explodes. A container allows pressure to build up to levels that accelerate the shrapnel to dangerous levels. Similar to paper wrappers for fire crackers.

The fact that these dickheads made bombs out of stuff you can buy at WAL MART, and the relative simplicity of construction backs up something I've been saying for years:

Any dickhead out there can kill lots of people with just about anything.

Will liberals call for a ban on pressure cookers and ball bearings now? Do you have "Assault Cookware" in your kitchen and if so, have you neglected to register it?

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:Will liberals call for a ban on pressure cookers and ball bearings now? Do you have "Assault Cookware" in your kitchen and if so, have you neglected to register it?

No they won't, and the reason they won't is because that argument is stupid. No one is calling to ban cars, even though there's plenty of incidents of people using cars to run down a crowd.

The moment they started making a bomb out of whatever, they were breaking the law. You can't make a homemade machine gun or MANPAD either.

nafod wrote:No one is calling to ban cars, even though there's plenty of incidents of people using cars to run down a crowd.

Soon...

nafod wrote:

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:Will liberals call for a ban on pressure cookers and ball bearings now? Do you have "Assault Cookware" in your kitchen and if so, have you neglected to register it?

No they won't, and the reason they won't is because that argument is stupid. No one is calling to ban cars, even though there's plenty of incidents of people using cars to run down a crowd.

The moment they started making a bomb out of whatever, they were breaking the law. You can't make a homemade machine gun or MANPAD either.

No but I can guarantee the TSA inspectors' manual just got updated with some new objects to look for and throw in the trash.

kreator wrote:

nafod wrote:

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:Will liberals call for a ban on pressure cookers and ball bearings now? Do you have "Assault Cookware" in your kitchen and if so, have you neglected to register it?

No they won't, and the reason they won't is because that argument is stupid. No one is calling to ban cars, even though there's plenty of incidents of people using cars to run down a crowd.

The moment they started making a bomb out of whatever, they were breaking the law. You can't make a homemade machine gun or MANPAD either.

No but I can guarantee the TSA inspectors' manual just got updated with some new objects to look for and throw in the trash.

Hehe...

"First they came for 'assault rifles,' and nafod said 'Meh.'

Then they came for extended magazines, and nafod said 'Whatever.'

And then Dr. Ag said 'Next thing you know they'll take away your pressure cookers, juicers, and rice steamers...' and nafod said 'That's a stupid argument; tons of folks run down people in their cars and they're not taking people's cars away!'

...and a little later on, nafod found himself walking 10 miles to get a good bowl of chili."

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:

kreator wrote:

nafod wrote:

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:Will liberals call for a ban on pressure cookers and ball bearings now? Do you have "Assault Cookware" in your kitchen and if so, have you neglected to register it?

No they won't, and the reason they won't is because that argument is stupid. No one is calling to ban cars, even though there's plenty of incidents of people using cars to run down a crowd.

The moment they started making a bomb out of whatever, they were breaking the law. You can't make a homemade machine gun or MANPAD either.

No but I can guarantee the TSA inspectors' manual just got updated with some new objects to look for and throw in the trash.

Hehe...

"First they came for 'assault rifles,' and nafod said 'Meh.'

Then they came for extended magazines, and nafod said 'Whatever.'

To be exact, I said "good".

nafod wrote:

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:

kreator wrote:

nafod wrote:

Dr. Agkistrodon wrote:Will liberals call for a ban on pressure cookers and ball bearings now? Do you have "Assault Cookware" in your kitchen and if so, have you neglected to register it?

No they won't, and the reason they won't is because that argument is stupid. No one is calling to ban cars, even though there's plenty of incidents of people using cars to run down a crowd.

The moment they started making a bomb out of whatever, they were breaking the law. You can't make a homemade machine gun or MANPAD either.

No but I can guarantee the TSA inspectors' manual just got updated with some new objects to look for and throw in the trash.

Hehe...

"First they came for 'assault rifles,' and nafod said 'Meh.'

Then they came for extended magazines, and nafod said 'Whatever.'

To be exact, I said "good".

Party pooper.

That would be "cold" chili because the pressure cooker got taken away.