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oyster  ·  3167 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Trump Supporter plans to blow up Muslims with bomb, gets 90 days in jail and probation

In the part you quoted he was charged with possessing an explosive device. Sounds like the bomb thing stuck to me.





kleinbl00  ·  3167 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Charged is different than indicted. In the part I didn't quote the device was found to be inert.

oyster  ·  3167 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would like to think if they are claiming an explosive device was inert it's not because it was actually empty pipes.

What I could buy is that maybe he knew the device wouldn't work and that he was making it to throw into a crowd just to scare them. I still think that's extremely fucked up even if the damage is all psychological. Even if that was the case I think he should get a lot more than 90 days.

kleinbl00  ·  3167 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's what "inert" means in bomb-squad talk: "not a bomb." "inert weaponry" means "it looks like a weapon but isn't."

    What I could buy is that maybe he knew the device wouldn't work and that he was making it to throw into a crowd just to scare them. I still think that's extremely fucked up even if the damage is all psychological. Even if that was the case I think he should get a lot more than 90 days.

And here we are in complete agreement.

oyster  ·  3167 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Alright, that makes more sense. When you said pipe lying around I didn't figure you meant pipe dressed up to look explosive.

Mainly I think he should get more because it was would hopefully detract people from copying the guy. On the other hand maybe if that is what happened they made a point not to tell the media every detail so as to detract people from copying... And here we are fucking everything up.