• Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    Who among us hasn’t made a small explosive for fun? No, am not being sarcastic. I’ve been raised with loud NYE celebrations.

    • Em Adespoton@lemmy.ca
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      3 days ago

      I’m just trying to figure out how the charges make sense; they’re charged with unlawful possession of explosives even though it’s not illegal to possess explosive substances, and they didn’t actually HAVE any explosive substances on the premises — just substances that could be combined.

      The only argument I can see is that they had them in volume, and the chemicals in question were volatile enough how they were stored to be a safety threat.