Actually, I was speaking less metaphorically. Take my gun and the creative weapon between my ears can create a "deadly weapon" from almost anything. From the ingredients I find in my kitchen or my garage I can make napalm, chlorine gas, all manner of explosives (with or without shrapnel) and the list continues. From there it's just a matter of practicing the time honored military tradition of TRADE UP. If I have a knife, I can GET a handgun. If I have a handgun, I can GET an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW). All I need is a starting point and the "getting" is unlimited. Tanks, mortars, whatever. So you see, they really don't want to let slip (in the words of Shakespeare) the old war dogs if they can help it.
once the imagination is unleashed, ie, the intellectual/moral safety is removed, they will rue the day, as will we due to the carnage that must follow...
i havent been trained in the use of household ingredients, but am a fast learner...the 'liberator' also doesnt need much knowledge, only brass ones to use it for tradin...8^} Blessings to ya and Prayers for some DC sanity...
I’ve got same paperclips for helicopters philosophy.....kept me alive . Red tape is get wussies...:o)