[Vigilanteman]

Interesting stuff on rootsweb. What is most interesting is what’s missing: no questions on who manufactured the dynamite or sold it to the whack-job.

[varyouga]

Prior to alcohol prohibition, any weapon or explosive you desired could be purchased at the local store. You didn’t need ID, a contractor license or even a reason. Heck, there was no such thing as “ID”.

Fully automatic weapons could be ordered by anyone via mail order back then. Then violence from prohibition gave the federal government a reason to ban machine guns for public use. Sounds familiar, doesn’t it.

The difference between now and then sure as hell isn’t more availability of weapons or explosives.