I remember watching our local news a few years back. I believe it was around the 4th of July. They talked about the dangers of kids making their own fireworks. They talked about stuff around the house that you can use. Toilet paper rolls, lighter fluid, and other stuff. It was mostly for the parents, so they can try to keep their kids from doing anything, but they demostrated how you can put some stuff together. I'm sure the kids got some good ideas after watching that. :hellno:

 

Ever watch the first Terminator Movie where the guy dumps the stuff from the grocery store out on the table and she asks him what they are having for dinner and he says "pipe bombs" or something to that effect? Thats no joke. Know why the directions for bleach and ammonia say to not mix them together? They are the basic ingredients in mustard gas.

 

And, hair spray on dust bunnies mixed with rollerblades will start your house on fire.

Iodine crystals are not available in this country unless for a chemistry lab or high school science dept. But, mix that with ammonia and it becomes a liquid that is very safe to handle. Leave it out in open air and it dries to a crystal structure. Fracture one of the crystals, and it can be used to detonate C-4. Back in Nam, we put a big orange and black striped cat above the treetops. Nothing was going to follow our footsteps without our knowing about it.

Sort of surprising, after 9-11, to find that if you search Google, (Explosives cookbook), there are actually a couple of sites that give you instructions on producing them. Didn't look to see just how up-to-date it all is, but an explosive is going to go BANG, now matter how old the formula is.

But, just like the pipe bombs, it's one thing to know how to make them, and quite another to get caught doing it. I once had a discussion about explosives with another guy. Then, about two months later, he was caught planting pipe bombs around the courthouse. Thinking back to how long ago that was, he might be out of prison by now. Not the kind of footsteps I'd recommend anyone else follow.