Pipe Bomb Find Leads To Dozens Of Charges Against Fuquay-Varina Teen (WMD)

[DarkPhenyx]

http://www.wral.com/news/3636833/detail.html

FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. -- The search for a vehicle involved in a hit-and-run incident turned up something far more disturbing Monday. Police say a teenager involved in the accident had more than a dozen pipe bombs.

Now, a major investigation is under way that spans from Apex to Cary to Fuquay-Varina and involves the FBI and the Raleigh Bomb Squad...

...Brown, a rising senior at Apex High School, is charged with 24 counts of possessing weapons of mass destruction and a hit-and-run charge.


Weapons of mass destruction? WTF?!?!?

[sniffa]

1. at Least that couLd be argued to be a WMD

unLike the methamphetamine deaLers who are charged with producing WMD's.

[DarkPhenyx]

2. How many people does it have to be capable of killing...

...to make it a WMD? Let's start listing legal things taht could potentially be used to kill more people than a 6" pipe bomb, shall we?

[Auntie Bush]

3. WOW, I'm driving a pipe bomb!

[Massacure]

4. WMD, I found out why

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/18/parts/i/chapters/113b/sections/section_2332a.html

Title 18, Section 2332a. Use of certain weapons of mass destruction

c) Definitions. - For purposes of this section -

(2) the term ''weapon of mass destruction'' means -
(A) any destructive device as defined in section 921 of this
title;

http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/casecode/uscodes/18/parts/i/chapters/44/sections/section_921.html

Title 18, Sectin 921.

(4) The term ''destructive device'' means -
(A) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas -
(i) bomb,
(ii) grenade,
(iii) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four
ounces,
(iv) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more
than one-quarter ounce,
(v) mine, or
(vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the
preceding clauses;

[DarkPhenyx]

5. talk about poorly written. n/t

[raifield]

6. Yeah, really

My car could be argued to be a WMD by the list here...

(4) The term ''destructive device'' means -
(A) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas -
(vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the
preceding clauses;

Well, my car has more than a couple ounces of "explosive charge". I think I have an 11 gallon tank of highly violate gasoline. It can go pretty fast towards it's target and is guarenteed to detonate upon impact. And if I crash into a gasoline TANKER...well...

My God! I have WMDs parked in my driveway!

[muriel_volestrangler]

7. well, section 921 does go on to say

"The term ''destructive device'' shall not include any device which is neither designed nor redesigned for use as a weapon;"
so your car isn't actually covered in the description.

The problem isn't the definition of 'destructive device' - if the kid was charged with possession of destructive devices, I think we'd all be happy. It's the idiotic conflation of 'WMD' with 'destructive device' that's the problem.

[DarkPhenyx]

8. Even neglecting an extreme view of things...

...it can now be argued that the US is using WMD's in Iraq and other parts of the world. I am assuming this makes us a terrorist regime?