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In reply to the discussion: If a pressure cooker bomb is a WMD, why does that not apply to rifles like AR-15 [View all]spanone
(135,627 posts)17. they were charged with using a weapon of mass destruction.
How Boston bombs qualify as weapons of mass destruction
http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-24/news/38766063_1_boston-marathon-mass-destruction-saddam-hussein
Iraq dictator Saddam Hussein didn't have weapons of mass destruction, but two young Boston bombers did?
No doubt many Americans were a bit perplexed Monday when 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was federally charged with "using a weapon of mass destruction," even if the explosions at the Boston Marathon did result in three deaths and injuries to more than 170 people.
In the late 1990s, President Clinton and other top officials, in discussing the fears about the Iraq dictator, repeatedly used the term to describe chemical, biological and even nuclear weapons that could kill vast numbers in the Middle East.
The term grew to even greater currency with the Bush adminstration in the months before and after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. President Bush used the term four times in his 2003 State of the Union speech, warning that Hussein had the capability to produce enough anthrax and botulinum toxin to kill millions.
No doubt many Americans were a bit perplexed Monday when 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was federally charged with "using a weapon of mass destruction," even if the explosions at the Boston Marathon did result in three deaths and injuries to more than 170 people.
In the late 1990s, President Clinton and other top officials, in discussing the fears about the Iraq dictator, repeatedly used the term to describe chemical, biological and even nuclear weapons that could kill vast numbers in the Middle East.
The term grew to even greater currency with the Bush adminstration in the months before and after the invasion of Iraq in 2003. President Bush used the term four times in his 2003 State of the Union speech, warning that Hussein had the capability to produce enough anthrax and botulinum toxin to kill millions.
http://articles.philly.com/2013-04-24/news/38766063_1_boston-marathon-mass-destruction-saddam-hussein
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If a pressure cooker bomb is a WMD, why does that not apply to rifles like AR-15 [View all]
itsrobert
Apr 2013
OP
any weapon that is designed or intended to cause death or serious bodily injury ...gun.
spanone
Apr 2013
#16
If you can't tell the difference between a gun and a bomb, for cryin' out loud, I can't help you.
Bake
Apr 2013
#18
And pressure cooker. And cars. And planes. And lighters (catch a house on fire with one)
The Straight Story
Apr 2013
#22
It's a definition giving big brother wide latitude to categorize any act by the un-cleansed
indepat
Apr 2013
#41
Bill Maher said last night that if a pressure cooker bomb is considered WMD,
City Lights
Apr 2013
#13
i have wondered the same. 26 murdered in newtown ....was that not mass destruction?
spanone
Apr 2013
#14
Please tell the admins. They need to hear this until it sinks in. Most Dems are not gun nuts.
Electric Monk
Apr 2013
#37