In a statement to ABC News, eBay said it has been "proactively working with law enforcement authorities on their investigation," and
"the types of items bought by the suspect are legal to buy and sell in the United States and are widely available at online and offline stores."
Rahami has been charged in New York and New Jersey courts with a litany of alleged crimes including multiple counts of attempted murder,
the use of weapons of mass destruction and destruction of property.
Of the multiple devices authorities allege Rahami planted in New York in New Jersey, only the Chelsea device injured bystanders,
wounding 31 people, according to the complaint.
Promoting political and religious agenda through e-bidding online !
Macgyver didn’t need Ebay!
He didn't steal the nuts, he bought them.
That guy needed training and experience to tell him that adding ball bearings to a bomb increases fragmentation? Wow, real rocket scientist there huh?
So now, just like with cold medicines, we’re going to require stores to keep ball bearings, nuts, bolts and orange juice locked up.
Pretty soon, we’ll need a license to shop at Home Depot and the Grocery Store,
Way to react, not think ahead.
I found out recently that regarding the Boston Marathon Bombers, the FBI never learned where they manufactured their bomb. Searches of any places even remotely connected with the bombers never turned up any evidence indicating where bombs were made, or by whom.
Tamerlan was killed, and Dzokar claims ignorance and that his brother did it all.
I watched an episode of Burn Notice where they used spackling paste to make crude C-4. I looked it up and there is actually a recipe online for that.
Better lock that up too.
Great, another freedom to purchase stuff over the net will be squashed. More monitoring of purchases by .gov coming soon.
Once the UN takes over the internet on October 1st, this Ebay thingy you speak of will be shut down; it’s just too Adam Smithy. /sarc
These so-called “bomb components” are completely legal everyday materials with a thousand legitimate uses. Of course you can buy them on eBay.
“I know, based on my training, experience, and conversations with other law enforcement officials, that ball bearings can be used in improvised explosives to increase fragmentation and thus to increase the lethality of the device,”
So what? I could think of dozens of other things that can replace ball bearings to achieve the same effect, because they are not an essential component to a bomb. What, do they want to ban nails? Screws? Scrap metal? Plumbing fittings?
Same situation with the citric acid. Yes, acids can be used to synthesize explosives. They are also very simple chemicals that are used for thousands of other purposes. Even if you ban the sale, anyone with a high school chemistry textbook could probably figure out how to acquire or synthesize acids from other sources.
Interesting that the MSM is still referring to this “incident” as some amorphous “explosion”. Yet, in the very same headline, talks about bomb parts as if there’s no connection. Are they taking Hillary’s Ambien?
It now appears that referring to a “bombing” as a “bombing” is wrong if Donald Trump called it a bombing.
we need to end the (unconstitutional) gun ‘control’ laws and regulations
and start banning ball bearings..which we CAN legally ban if we wish, as they are not a constitutionally-recognized item
Up with Firearms!
Down with Ball Bearings!
Bombs! No stinking bombs I thought MSM?
You can use screws, nuts and bolts, small stones, glass, or anything hard as shrapnel.
I use to work for a military contractor who developed practice IEDs for the military EOD schools. My office mate was a retired Army EOD specialist and he would go to the office supply closet and pick out stuff to make IEDs. He was in hog heaven at Lowes or Walmart.
He could go to any hobby shop or RadioShack and get components for triggers and timers.
My point is that IEDs are easy to make for anyone who has a little chemistry and electrical knowledge. It’s virtually impossible to ban everything that can be used to make an IED. You would have to give up cleaning supplies, rusty iron, aluminum, magnesium, cell phones, remote control toys, alarm clocks, candles, propane, gasoline, etc.
At that point, terrorists would start using vehicles, bacteria, airplanes and poisons.
Steal nuts? I thought the point was he bought them ...
Funny how the very same mainstream media that hates to say “It was Muslims” has no qualms about suggesting excellent, easily accessible bomb components ....
They must be disappointed that so many in the Religion of Peace, and so few “Islamophobes,” are taking the hint.