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Matata · 12-14-2012, 07:16 PM

Ugh, I hate the 'home-made bomb' arguement. Let's compare the process of using home-made bombs vs guns for massacres:

Home-made Bomb:
1) find a recipe: Have enough of a grasp of chemistry to find the recipe that will work for your situation. Very tricky balancing act, bombs made out of cheap materials get heavy and large in a hurry, as extremely energy dense materials are generally not made available to public. Moderate difficulty.
2) collect supplies: depending on recipe, could result in suspicious behaviour and hard to acquire items. Easy to high difficulty.
3) Build the bomb: do this without blowing yourself up or attracting attention. Dependent on location. Very high difficulty.
4) transport and planting the bomb: do this without blowing yourself up or attracting attention. Great care must be given to size of bomb, volatility and intended location. Extremely high difficulty.
5) Detonate the bomb: do this without blowing yourself up or attracting attention. Timing is crucial to achieve intended affect. Requires strong knowledge base of electronics. Even dedicated manufacturing facilities produce dud-bombs, your odds will be much, much poorer. Very high difficulty

Notice how an extreme risk of personal death is present in nearly every step and that a strong grasp of multiple scientific disciplines is required? Do you not think this would be a very significant deterrent, and that even in your best case scenario all you have is an unreliable, unpredictable and hard to use weapon? The construction would be a very drawn out process with many opportunities become overwhelmed or change your mind. People who want to die in a blaze of glory would find this process very unappealing and it only appeals to very specific type of whacko: one with knowledge, skill, dedication and patience. Even someone with a degree in engineering would find this to be a extremely daunting task.

Guns:
1) Get some guns and armour from a gun show. Congratulations, you now have some of the most diverse, discrete, effective and reliable killing tools created in all of the history of man-kind. You could start planning on friday night and be ready to roll monday morning.

12-14-2012, 07:16 PM	#382
Matata Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Jul 2007 Exp:	Ugh, I hate the 'home-made bomb' arguement. Let's compare the process of using home-made bombs vs guns for massacres: Home-made Bomb: 1) find a recipe: Have enough of a grasp of chemistry to find the recipe that will work for your situation. Very tricky balancing act, bombs made out of cheap materials get heavy and large in a hurry, as extremely energy dense materials are generally not made available to public. Moderate difficulty. 2) collect supplies: depending on recipe, could result in suspicious behaviour and hard to acquire items. Easy to high difficulty. 3) Build the bomb: do this without blowing yourself up or attracting attention. Dependent on location. Very high difficulty. 4) transport and planting the bomb: do this without blowing yourself up or attracting attention. Great care must be given to size of bomb, volatility and intended location. Extremely high difficulty. 5) Detonate the bomb: do this without blowing yourself up or attracting attention. Timing is crucial to achieve intended affect. Requires strong knowledge base of electronics. Even dedicated manufacturing facilities produce dud-bombs, your odds will be much, much poorer. Very high difficulty Notice how an extreme risk of personal death is present in nearly every step and that a strong grasp of multiple scientific disciplines is required? Do you not think this would be a very significant deterrent, and that even in your best case scenario all you have is an unreliable, unpredictable and hard to use weapon? The construction would be a very drawn out process with many opportunities become overwhelmed or change your mind. People who want to die in a blaze of glory would find this process very unappealing and it only appeals to very specific type of whacko: one with knowledge, skill, dedication and patience. Even someone with a degree in engineering would find this to be a extremely daunting task. Guns: 1) Get some guns and armour from a gun show. Congratulations, you now have some of the most diverse, discrete, effective and reliable killing tools created in all of the history of man-kind. You could start planning on friday night and be ready to roll monday morning.