May 5th 2010, 18:10:13
So the guy who tried to blow up a bomb in NYC was charged with, among other things, the attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction.
This caused me to raise my eye brows slightly... so I went and looked up the US legal definition of WMDs. I found this little gem:
* "Any explosive or incendiary device [...] with a charge of more than four ounces;
* Any weapon designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors; [...]"
It continues to include other things, but I enjoyed these two. Apparantly, four ounces of saw dust with a short-circuited wire running through it is a weapon of mass destruction. As is a blowgun if you dip the dart into your toilet bowl before shooting it at someone.
Has the US legal system really fallen so far?
-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.
This caused me to raise my eye brows slightly... so I went and looked up the US legal definition of WMDs. I found this little gem:
* "Any explosive or incendiary device [...] with a charge of more than four ounces;
* Any weapon designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury through the release, dissemination, or impact of toxic or poisonous chemicals or their precursors; [...]"
It continues to include other things, but I enjoyed these two. Apparantly, four ounces of saw dust with a short-circuited wire running through it is a weapon of mass destruction. As is a blowgun if you dip the dart into your toilet bowl before shooting it at someone.
Has the US legal system really fallen so far?
-Fooglmog
Guy with no clue.
Edited By: Fooglmog on May 5th 2010, 18:10:24