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Originally Posted by afc wimbledon
Don't be obtuse, ISIS in Iraq was using left over munitions and their IED's were being built by ex Iraqi army munitions experts.
There aren't unexplored cluster bombs scattered around the U.S.
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I am not looking to have an argument as it definitely isn't the thread for it. I just want to clear up something as it seems like you are implying that IED's can only be made by experts with unexploded US munitions.
It very much is possible to make an IED without any kind of military grade explosive. Most of the IED's being produced by the taliban used ammonia nitrate or more recently potassium chlorate. These homemade bombs were extremely hard to detect because they were made and transported inside the same blue water jugs that you take camping. Also the same jug that every Afghani citizen carries around their towns. As one of my good friends who had his leg taken off by one in Afghanistan found out (and he was an explosives expert)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/w...istan/2442191/
Really though at the end of the day this incident is a tragedy in so many ways. Unfortunately I don't see the US fixing their gun control issues any time soon. All I'm saying is that if someone was motivated enough it would be quite easy to make some sort of IED. Would the use of them increase if guns were banned? Who knows.