[Disambiguator]

For the record, smokeless powder is not technically an explosive. It’s considered a propellant. Black powder, on the other hand, is an explosive.

[puppypusher]

A bag of explosive Gold Medal Flour.Flour is highly explosive.

Before you make that bread you better have a permit to purchase that flour.

[Spartan302]

Unbuffered aspirin in large amounts and a microwave plus a procedure or two in between will create a very unstable high explosive, similar if not stronger than nitroglycerin.

[kawhill]

Absolute end-around to compile a list of purchasers
of reloading components, that is, gun owners. My Grandpa, who taught me how to hand load, would be aghast.

[Drawn7979]

i thought this is a progress, i'm all for it.

[RightGeek]

Beans are next

[Houghton M.]

Too bad no background check is needed before purchasing Harry Reid. He’s been bought so often the whores are beside themselves with jealousy.

[TexasFreeper2009]

um.. the terrorists are trained to use match sticks to get their black powder...

are there going to be back ground checks for matches?

the Boston suspects got their black powder from fireworks.. are we going to require background checks for fireworks purchases?

...

these people are IDIOTS!

[DBrow]

If he means real explosives like RDX, PETN, and a box of flaked TNT, there is already a background check and license system in place through ATFE, the Federal Explosives License, which has several types and subtypes depending on what you are doing.

If he means to include PROPELLANT powders which by design do not “explode” then I have a problem.

He needs to rush this through before we find out the bad guys used match heads and sugar, or Stump Remover and sugar.

[catnipman]

“It would also require a permit to make homemade explosives”

So, if that becomes law then I guess we can expect the following:

Hajib: OK, listen up guys, we’re gonna make some homemade explosive today to get even with the Great Satan.

Mohab: But Hajib, we have no permit to make homemade explosives.

Hajib: Oh, darn! You’re right! Ok, let’s forget about it and go play some Pong.

[CodeToad]

The federal government refuses to disallow terrorists visas into this country but then demands we protect ourselves from them by denying ourselves gun powder. Sounds like our government represents terrorists and not We the People. It is time to abolish this federal government and start over. It is out of control and no longer serves us.

[raisetheroof]

...require background checks to be run on anyone buying explosive powder, a reaction to last week's Boston Marathon bombing.

From what I understand, these two brothers didn't have a criminal record before the bombings. So a background check on them wouldn't have stopped them.

BTW, gunpowder was invented over 1000 years ago. Its ingredients can be found in just about any hardware or garden supply store. So what's next? Conduct a background check on anyone who walks into a Home Depot?

[DocRock]

Ammunition has explosive powder. Background check to buy ammo is what this is all about.

[tpmintx]

Background check required

Happy 4th of July! We don't call it Independence Day any more...

[TexasRepublic]

I saw this coming a long time ago. BTW, smokeless gunpowder is classified as a propellant, not an explosive. For that reason, it is much easier to have shipped than black gun powder which is a low-class explosive. Smokeless powder isn’t all that easy to ignite, even with a lit match. In an open pile, smokeless powder burns slowly.

[therightliveswithus]

And what about people on FBI watch lists, Harry?

[Vaduz]

Filler up why sure sir your papers please.

[familyop]

"Reid introduced the bill, S. 792, for Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.)...Under current law, people can buy up to 50 pounds of explosive "black powder" with no background check, and can buy unlimited amounts of other explosive powders, such as "black powder substitute" and "smokeless powder."

Lautenberg's bill would require a background check for the purchase of any of these powders."

Gunpowder is not the explosive of choice for demolition. Other materials are (e.g., emulsions). Lautenberg's bill is a particularly dangerous attack against our Second Amendment.

If we let that pass, the ruling fascist constituents would eventually give full discretion to many bureaucrats on who would or would not be allowed to so much as possess reloading supplies. It would also be another big step toward effective registration of all firearms owners. And you all know good and well that Republicans have repeatedly refused to repeal the worst laws (e.g., feminist laws against working class and now middle class fatherhood and families).

There it is: more class war gun control to disarm everyone who doesn't rake in a big, fat income from recirculating government debt to pay bribes and pay the fixed-up market--another big step toward disarming the whole populace. And remember that most of the default process is just in front of us (many more unaware that they are about to lose their incomes in the big fight over the pool of debt).

Ammunition prices would quickly double or triple from what they are now. Ammunition on the market would be nearly nonexistent. Those who manufacture ammunition would work very little while gathering enormous windfalls.

All who couldn't afford self-defense would get even by outlawing the last few who could afford to pay $10,000 for a household/farm firearm and ammunition.

Don't believe me? Go ahead. Let it pass. Find out who the truly resourceful are in this population, and meet the technocratic thug-ocracy of tomorrow. There won't be any descendant of any of today's leaders running it.

[Abathar]

Does that require us to register corn and wheat flour also? I mean have you ever seen a grain silo explosion???

[thegrump]

The target is not Terrorists. The target is American Citizens and GUNS!