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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by red-iron-pine on Thursday January 02, 2025 @12:13PM (#42576287)
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 (#42578814)
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.