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640 pounds of high explosives stolen in Pennsylvania; ATF offers reward
foxnews.com ^ | April 18, 2018 | Edmund DeMarche

Posted on 04/18/2018 7:15:03 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

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To: N. Theknow
Send Lawyers, Guns and Money
21 posted on 04/18/2018 8:20:29 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper (Happy Nobama)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

You forgot the SCTV pic


22 posted on 04/18/2018 8:49:58 AM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: Manly Warrior

As obama would say, in the US, it’s easier to get high explosives than a gun. No background check, just a bolt cutter.


23 posted on 04/18/2018 9:05:57 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: VanShuyten

Great to start the day by snorting coffee through the nose. Sort of a reverse condom toot.


24 posted on 04/18/2018 9:07:02 AM PDT by DPMD
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To: Zathras

while they pounded hookers in columbia..yea real integrity there


25 posted on 04/18/2018 9:10:28 AM PDT by aces
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I just hope it’s not fully automatic assault dynamite.


26 posted on 04/18/2018 9:27:55 AM PDT by budj (combat vet, 2nd of 3 generations)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

UPDATE: 704 pounds now reported missing.

http://www.wgal.com/article/640-pounds-of-major-explosives-stolen-in-lancaster-county-officials-say/19844456


27 posted on 04/18/2018 3:48:24 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Berlin_Freeper

28 posted on 04/18/2018 3:56:38 PM PDT by Mat_Helm
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To: eldoradude

Uh, no. Just an in- spec locked metal container attached to the earth or a immobile vehicle inspected at least every 7 days. Still could be an inside job. The orange CLASS 1.XXx placards would not have given it away....

If you frequent blasting sites, you’ll see them- just a moderately bullet resistant conex type locked box on a trailer immobilized by several means.

http://explosivestoragemagazines.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/ATF_Explosive_Storage_Guidelines.pdf


29 posted on 04/20/2018 1:57:08 PM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar

When I was in high school in California, a kid was caught case of dynamite in his locker. Turns out he found it in an abandoned mine and carried it on his motorcycle. Given that old dynamite sweats nitroglycerin, it’s amazing no one was killed.

Hope this theft is solved quickly.


30 posted on 04/20/2018 2:05:48 PM PDT by antidisestablishment ( Xenophobia is the only sane response to multiculturalismÂ’s irrational cultural exuberance)
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To: Manly Warrior
I'll take your word for it on current regs. I used to have a permit for hard rock mining decades ago and a lockbox wouldn't pass. Probably quantity based, we used a fixed magazine intended to be hard to break into.

This one had to be someone somewhat knowledgable to get the detonators too, otherwise it's just smelly modeling clay.

31 posted on 04/20/2018 2:50:13 PM PDT by eldoradude (Walk a mile in a man's shoes and he'll never catch you.)
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To: eldoradude

Sir, I never said a portable locked box would suffice for anything. Except of course a day supply in custody and attended while shooting targets.

Funny thing though, in civilian ops, caps and bulk can be in same container. In mil ops, caps are never in the same container nor in the hands of the loader or crew while loading, retained by the firing officer (or NCO) and assembled only once the target is evacuated and the shot being readied. The firing device would be carried by the firing officer as well.

MDI systems made it much easier and safer since the low power caps and shock tube would not initiate bulk explosive charges if fired inadvertently , and the last initiating segment to be attached was the low power cap to the shock tube and detonator main.

Ah, the smell of explosives and busted rock in the morning....


32 posted on 04/21/2018 5:44:55 AM PDT by Manly Warrior (US ARMY (Ret), "No Free Lunches for the Dogs of War")
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