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TexasTowelie

(127,407 posts)
Wed Apr 1, 2026, 10:37 PM Wednesday

Dozens of homemade pipe bombs found in suspect's New York home, police say - ABC News



Raymond Elder, a New York man from White Plains, was charged with using weapons of mass destruction after federal agents discovered over 25 homemade pipe bombs in his apartment. Prosecutors say the suspect put his entire neighborhood outside New York City at risk.
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Dozens of homemade pipe bombs found in suspect's New York home, police say - ABC News (Original Post) TexasTowelie Wednesday OP
exaggerated charge "weapons of mass destruction" rampartd Thursday #1
A pipe bomb... GiqueCee Thursday #2
25 pipe bombs doesn't count as WMD? Only if you're out of town. Wonder Why Thursday #3

rampartd

(4,647 posts)
1. exaggerated charge "weapons of mass destruction"
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:48 AM
Thursday

really should apply ony to nuclear/chemical/biological stuff.

a pipe bomb? no.

GiqueCee

(4,304 posts)
2. A pipe bomb...
Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:03 AM
Thursday

... can kill or maim a LOT of people. That's mass murder. It can also destroy a LOT of property. That's what a pipe bomb is intended to do.
You might want to rethink your position.

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