Yeah, nitrogen chemistry, high-concentration hydrogen peroxyde is already fairly restricted, as well as poisons.

Including in the US. The "right to bear arms" doens't cover high-energy explosives.

jandrewrogers 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

High explosives are even less regulated than firearms in the US. You can buy them by the ton and explosives are very inexpensive. This does not circumvent compliance with regulations for safe transport and storage, which is the practical limitation.

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aredox a day ago | parent [-]

>the practical limitation

That... Wouldn't be tolerated if this was a 2nd amendment right. Imagine the same limitations applied to firearms.

	▲	mothballed a day ago \| parent [-]
		Black powder, which is used (and at the time necessary) in the kind of firearms used when the 2A was conceived, has such limitations in any non-trivial (more than personal use) quantity.

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mothballed 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Ackshually, when the NFA was passed to 'tax' explosives ('destructive devices'), it was considered unconstitutional infringement on the right to keep/bear arms to ban explosives, machine guns, etc so they 'taxed' them instead. You can still buy/manufacture them with a tax stamp.

Also when congress de-funded (outlawed) the process for felons to restore their firearm rights, they forgot to do it with explosives. So even a felon can have high-energy explosives legally.

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SV_BubbleTime 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Interestingly, the laws around high explosives in the US aren’t as restricted as you think.

You can make lots of things legally. The laws are around storage and transport. Where the short version is you 24hours and you mostly can’t transport.