Posted on 10/09/2013 1:16:12 PM PDT by a fool in paradise
...Joseph Callahan, 69, had about 100 pounds of ammonium nitrate among the frightening cache of guns, ammo and explosives cops found when they raided his home last week.
...He also told them he was making a bomb for the hard-partying Richards, who lives in Weston, Conn., a short drive from Callahan’s home in the posh Greenfield Hill section of Fairfield.
...Callahan – a former employee of gunmaker Remington Arms – was charged by Fairfield cops Monday with 112 counts of illegal possession of explosives, reckless endangerment and manufacture of bombs.
Callahan told cops that explosives were only a hobby, and his lawyer, Richard Meehan, said the retiree had no plans to hurt anyone.
Fairfield cops also doubted his story about the wrinkled rocker...
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
Quite a few decent Americans discovered that they had a frightening cache of guns and ammo just a year ago. Thanks to large purchases, many real Americans have corrected that oversight.
At least Keef can’t be killed by conventional weapons. Palm trees, on the other hand...
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