Good by Tannerite

LACamper · Sep 19, 2016

Tannerite was used in one of the bombings this past weekend. I wonder how long before its banned?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/19/number-individuals-in-custody-after-authorities-stop-vehicle-interest-in-chelsea-bombing.html

DAVE_M · Sep 19, 2016

I don't see them attacking the sale of Tannerite. It's not an evil black rifle. The Oklahoma City Bombing was a truck full of fertilizer. Bombs can and will be made out of anything, that's why the name IED came about. Ever saw what Thermite can do?

machinedrummer · Sep 19, 2016

Go after backpacks, trash cans, dumpsters, the list just keeps going. Until we "go after" the people that turn these objects into bombs we will just keep chasing our politically correct tail. Which is tucked so far between our legs I really don't see it getting any better. We will have more and more of these bombings, stabbings, and vehicle murders happening.

UnseenUSPCompact · Sep 19, 2016

Stop having kids, in a few years they will outbreed us... It will take another couple hundred years for them to kill themselves off and then maybe we can try this charade again in few hundred million years.

AustinBR · Sep 19, 2016

DAVE_M said:
I don't see them attacking the sale of Tannerite. It's not an evil black rifle. The Oklahoma City Bombing was a truck full of fertilizer. Bombs can and will be made out of anything, that's why the name IED came about. Ever saw what Thermite can do?

Thermite isn't really explosive though. It just burns really, really hot. Right?

DAVE_M · Sep 19, 2016

AustinBR said:
Thermite isn't really explosive though. It just burns really, really hot. Right?

By itself, no, it is not explosive. Thermite can be explosive if someone wants it to be, and it isn't exactly extinguishable.

Spleen · Sep 19, 2016

AustinBR said:
Thermite isn't really explosive though. It just burns really, really hot. Right?

When I was in the Army I saw a thermite grenade placed on top of an armored vehicle.
Melted straight through the engine block.
Not explosive but devastating none the less.
Can also burn through concrete- useful if placed on building tops to ignite lower floors.
It is just aluminum powder and ferrous oxide (rust) basically.
Supplies its own oxygen and can burn underwater.
Just amazing as far as thermal reactions go.

John_L · Sep 19, 2016

Unless containers or labels stating "Tannerite" were found at the scene, it's more likely to be the home made variety and not "Tannerite." Not exactly difficult to do, nor particularly difficult to get the binary components.

What doesn't help at all are the YouTube videos showing what many pounds can do to vehicles and building structures. So, while it may not have been Tannerite, I suspect they will be impacted greatly anyway.

DAVE_M · Sep 19, 2016

Spleen said:
Supplies its own oxygen

Which is exactly why it can be explosive if someone wants it to be.

Magdump · Sep 19, 2016

....anybody need a good deal on a pressure cooker? I went and bought all I could afford a couple years back cuz I thought...well. Ya know

Cajun Camper · Sep 19, 2016

I thought Tannerite could only be set off by shooting it with a rifle round.

DAVE_M · Sep 19, 2016

Cajun Camper said:
I thought Tannerite could only be set off by shooting it with a rifle round.

Anything with enough energy will set it off. Rifle rounds are suggested, because common pistol calibers don't create enough energy.

Saintsfan6 · Sep 19, 2016

DAVE_M said:
Anything with enough energy will set it off. Rifle rounds are suggested, because common pistol calibers don't create enough energy.

What I always thought too. Makes me wonder what the igniter was? Maybe another explosive substance?

rcm192 · Sep 19, 2016

Saintsfan6 said:
What I always thought too. Makes me wonder what the igniter was? Maybe another explosive substance?

Probably a blasting cap of some sort

Saintsfan6 · Sep 19, 2016

rcm192 said:
Probably a blasting cap of some sort

Makes sense. I was going to look it up but I don't want any unwanted attention from big brother.... :hsugh:

Sulzer · Sep 19, 2016

Tannerite is composed of Ammonium Nitrate, a popular oxidizer used in numerous terrorist bombings as well as the commercial construction and mining industry, and Aluminum. Unless the Academy receipt was found at the scene I don't see how they can claim it was specifically Tannerite. Tannerite is no doubt being used as a scapegoat to further the agenda to remove it from store shelves. I'm waiting for the article to come out where they claim the Tannerite was detonated by a fully automatic AR-15 and Harambe pulled the trigger.

DAVE_M · Sep 19, 2016

SulzerFirearms said:
Tannerite is composed of Ammonium Nitrate, a popular oxidizer used in numerous terrorist bombings as well as the commercial construction and mining industry, and Aluminum. Unless the Academy receipt was found at the scene I don't see how they can claim it was specifically Tannerite. Tannerite is no doubt being used as a scapegoat to further the agenda to remove it from store shelves. I'm waiting for the article to come out where they claim the Tannerite was detonated by a fully automatic AR-15 and Harambe pulled the trigger.

Harambe would have used a Ghost Gun.

#cwatididthar

Frogman · Sep 19, 2016

You are right. I'm surprised they haven't banned it by now. Some idiot has to ruin it for all of us in the name of Allah.

Sulzer · Sep 19, 2016

Frogman said:
You are right. I'm surprised they haven't banned it by now. Some idiot has to ruin it for all of us in the name of Allah.

We weren't really doing ourselves any favors with all the 100# Youtube videos and severed limbs :rofl:

Spleen · Sep 19, 2016

SulzerFirearms said:
We weren't really doing ourselves any favors with all the 100# Youtube videos and severed limbs

Yeah, but you do have to admit that a good severed limb video does pose a glimpse into an idiot's life.
Kind of a public service announcement if you ask me...

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