Since when is a pipe bomb a "weapon of mass destruction"?

[Towlie]

http://www.newsweek.com/weapon-mass-destruction-us-airport-employee-arrested-pipe-bomb-708903

Weapon of Mass Destruction: U.S. Airport Worker Arrested With Pipe Bomb

A North Carolina air traffic controller and his roommate were arrested Friday after authorities allegedly discovered a weapon of mass destruction in their apartment.

Charlotte police officers were responding last week to a 911 call regarding a homemade explosive when they found a pipe bomb in the residence of Paul George Dandan, 30, and Derrick Fells, 39. The two men were then taken into custody.

Apparently we now need a new term for weapons that can destroy entire cities.

[lapfog_1]

1. It's a weapon, it causes destruction, it has mass

A bit of a joke.

But it is an indiscriminate weapon.

[HopeAgain]

2. And yet an AR with a bump fire stock is not

A weapon of mass destruction

Go figure.

[AJT]

3. A pipie bomb going off on a plane would be devastating.

[uppityperson]

4. Aren't they calling home made bombs IEDs?

[msongs]

5. when it blows up and kills 24 people? oh wait, that's...a church nt

[Make7]

6. Definition of WMD

Title 18 U.S.C. §2332a defines weapons of mass destruction (WMD) as:

- Any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas, including the following: a bomb; grenade; rocket having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than four ounces; missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce; mine; or device similar to any of the previously described devices;
- Any weapons that is designed or intend to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals, or their precursors;
- Any weapon involving a disease organism; and
- Any weapon that is designed to release radiation or radioactivity at a level dangerous to human life.

https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/wmd

[global1]

7. Is There A Way To Get These Automatic Guns Classified....

as a WMD? You know the ones that can kill 58 people at a concert or 26 at a church.

[Nevernose]

10. 500 wounded. 58 killed.

And that’s with bullet holes, not panicked-trampling.

I know that you know, but not everyone seems to know: FIVE HUNDRED AMERICANS WERE SHOT ON OCTOBER FIRST. Within ten minutes of each other. By the same psycho, with perfectly legal guns. Precious, precious guns.

And more than a thousand Americans have been killed since then — and I can’t even can’t the number of bullet holes in human beings.

[jberryhill]

12. Yes

Pass a law saying it is.

[jberryhill]

11. Thank you

This is one of my pet peeves.

Why did they charge person with (statutorily defined offense) instead of (some words I would use which have nothing to do with any relevant statute).

We write these things down with particularity, so that people aren’t locked up for vague offenses. Although we do keep catch-alls for “being an asshole” such as “disorderly conduct” or “breach of the peace”.

[Jim Beard]

8. Remember when they were arresting kids for making a very simple and lid popper....

device with Mentos and carbonated soda. They also outlawed the very tiny model rocket engines.

[Codeine]

14. Model rocket engines haven't been outlawed.

In fact, they're even available on Amazon. Our local hobby store has a whole big display of them in various sizes and quantities.

[Jim Beard]

16. I didn't know that they didn't ban them as they had proposed. Might have to get some for my grandson

[jberryhill]

9. Because the criminal statute under which he was charged defines it as one

I will go to my grave saying that in DU threads where people attempt to apply some other definition or understanding of words which are specifically defined in a particular way in a relevant statute.

What do you call putting dry ice in a plastic soda bottle? Well, in Utah it falls within the definition of an “infernal device”.

[Codeine]

13. Destroying entire cities has never been the definition

of a WMD.

[fleabiscuit]

15. Really?

The Centennial Olympic Park bombing was a domestic terrorist pipe bombing attack on the Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 27 during the 1996 Summer Olympics. The blast directly killed 1 person and injured 111 others; another person later died of a heart attack. It was the first of four bombings...

Easy enough to wiki that.

[cwydro]

17. I found it very disturbing that an FAA employee was found with this.

Not to mention his criminal history.

Very disturbing.