Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ...
by Retric on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @04:45PM
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That’s leaving the territory of what most people have ready access to.
The poser referred to a “6,500lb truck” vs “19-tonne Renault Midlum cargo truck” used in that attack.
Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ...
by red-iron-pine on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:13PM
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it is fairly trivial to get access to a medium or large panel truck, either by theft, or by simply getting a CDL.
the 9/11 attackers went though flight school to be able to hijack planes. meanwhile getting a CDL is like $6k for out of state, $2k for in state, and ~$400 if you can demonstrate need / poverty. the classes are readily available at any community college, and can be done by anyone who can drive, basically.
Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ...
by Retric on Thursday January 02, 2025 @03:58PM
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The difference between things that can happen through inattention vs a drunk person might do while really pissed vs things that require significant preparation has major implications for how often they occur.
Vehicles are used to kill a great number of people per year, but it’s really unusual to find someone who actually killed 50+ people through a vehicle alone. Meanwhile there’s significantly more people who used bombs to reach those numbers, despite how much more difficult it is to access significant quantities of explosives.
86 deaths, 434 injured