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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by lazide on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:20PM (#42567912)
And a whole slew of common chemicals used in harmless synthesis, and in many countries even things like common knives.
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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by littlestymaar on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:43PM (#42568098)
> And a whole slew of common chemicals used in harmless synthesis

The US also regulate chemicals, and knives are free to sell everywhere, it's just forbidden to be carried in public.

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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by chopin on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @02:57PM (#42568770)
You can buy this knife, but you can't carry it home.

Many things which were common in my youth are vanishing forever.

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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by littlestymaar on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @03:56PM (#42569221)
> You can buy this knife, but you can't carry it home.

How can otherwise reasonable people come to believe nonsense like this just because it fits their worldviews will always remain a mystery for me.

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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by lazide on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @04:24PM (#42569436)
Not in the EU anymore, but this was a consistent issue in the UK - at least in London with kitchen knives.
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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by orf on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @04:19PM (#42569396)
Of course you can carry it home…
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