The Blue Grass Army Depot in the USA has tons of chemical weapons, including 523 tons of nerve agent

[haele]

13. Well, it does raise the question on the security of such weapons in a "free" society

Especially after the looking at some of the problems securing Nukes that the Air Force has been having over the past ten years.

Anyone who thinks they're aligned or supporting a particular sect within the government might find it fully "Consitutional" in his or her warped mind that it's okay to steal a couple tanks and some bio/chem weapons and go after a particular location where the precieved traitors to the American way (or "enemies of the Constitution&quot and start destroying homes and bombing schools and churches.
From all indications, Assad hasn't done a good job securing either his weapons or his supporting militia - there is a serious breakdown of command there.

Don't think our local American nut-job militias aren't capable of doing the same thing, given half a chance and enough personal conviction. If there was an Army weapons storage depot near that "Police Chief" Kessler, I wouldn't doubt he'd have no qualms going in and trying to walk out with any amount of chemical weapons, if he and his 20-something militia members felt they had to take on the local officials to "save their way of life" or some other such nonsense. There have already been cases of individuals stealing weapons and assault vehicles/tanks from National Guard depots and causing mayhem.

True Believers who feel their backs are against the wall are the most dangerous kinds of people. They may be slow thinkers or cowardly, but they're also brainwashed, and will follow a charismatic sociopath and commit all sorts of mayhem in that "leader's" name while he or she either protests plausible deniability or abscounds with the profits of the crimes when the group is about to get caught.

Haele