# "Bomb Factory" house too dangerous to clear -- will be burned down **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 6, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160 "2010-12-06T16:43:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![boytyperanma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@boytyperanma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boytyperanma)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/21 "2010-12-06T20:59:16Z")
Why is news on this so hard to come by? It’s a guy making freaking bombs in his house. It screams terrorist activity. If he had a Muslim name I’m sure this would be in the news constantly with reporters standing around the court house with live speculation. Him just being foreign isn’t enough? He needs to be brown too? ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/22 "2010-12-06T21:25:41Z")
Your house asplode. ---
**Author:** ![dzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f9b8f/32.png) [@dzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dzero)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/23 "2010-12-07T06:43:47Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > By the way, from the pictures of the house I wouldn’t say he was a hoarder, just a very disorganized _hobbyist_. I could see my home becoming like that if I didn’t clean up as I carry on with my projects for 5 or 6 months. > > Ehhh… by projects I mean electronics, mechanical gizmos, model airplanes, etc, etc. No bombs! I swear! It’s getting so that you can’t even have an innocent hobby any more without the gubmint poking around. We used to have rights in this country, but look at us now. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/24 "2010-12-07T07:25:00Z")
While browsing through the photos, I couldn’t help but laugh hysterically at the one of a hand grenade, a bag of coffee filters, and a big bag of marshmallows. ---
**Author:** ![Claude\_Remains](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/898d66/32.png) [@Claude\_Remains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claude_Remains)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/25 "2010-12-07T07:42:17Z")
Just had to do it. [Talking heads- burning down the house.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM) Carry on. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/26 "2010-12-07T07:47:48Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > I wonder about the gardener, the one mentioned in the article that unwittingly detonated an explosive. Was the man hurt or not? Yes, he was. It was on the local news here the day it happened. I think he received injuries on his leg, arm, and one side of his face. They weren’t life-threatening, but were reasonably serious, i think. According to [this story](http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2010/dec/06/bomb-house-defendant-pleads-not-guilty/), the gardener has retained a lawyer, and it seems that they might be suing the owner of the house, because it was apparently the owner (rather than the renter and bomb-maker) who actually hired the gardener to do the work. Also, the owner has insurance. It’s still not clear who the actual owner is, though, or what he thinks of his house being burned down. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/27 "2010-12-07T08:03:26Z")
Aren’t homemade ordnance and explosives legal? Or rather, doesn’t the state need to prove that he’s in illegal possession of the items before they can destroy them? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/28 "2010-12-07T08:21:38Z")
Seems to me that the US Supreme Court ruled that weapon ownership is protected by the second amendment. This could all be legal now. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/29 "2010-12-07T08:27:07Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > While browsing through the photos, I couldn’t help but laugh hysterically at the one of a hand grenade, a bag of coffee filters, and a big bag of marshmallows. I also liked his hat collection. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/30 "2010-12-07T09:11:29Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > Seems to me that the US Supreme Court ruled that weapon ownership is protected by the second amendment. This could all be legal now. Not according to California’s [definition of a destructive device.](http://ag.ca.gov/firearms/dwcl/12301.php) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/31 "2010-12-07T10:05:53Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > “Where’s the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth-shattering kaboom!” No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There’s always a boom tomorrow. … Boom, sooner or later. BOOM! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Q](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/898d66/32.png) [@Johnny\_Q](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Q)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/32 "2010-12-07T10:21:24Z")
[I gots your boom right here.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT5AQIlmM0I) ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/33 "2010-12-07T10:40:16Z")
[Image number 12](http://www.nctimes.com/news/local/sdcounty/article_79416636-ad8d-53b2-a259-e0493f8541cb.html?mode=image&photo=12) made me think of [krytron switches](http://cache4.asset-cache.net/xc/50684521.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=E41C9FE5C4AA0A14B38D61BB1867AA90DAC23CF10C5B01213C78F202932E6164B01E70F2B3269972). Now that would involve a bigger boom than they bargained for. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 10:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/34 "2010-12-07T10:54:37Z")
> [@congodwarf](#): > > While browsing through the photos, I couldn’t help but laugh hysterically at the one of a hand grenade, a bag of coffee filters, and a big bag of marshmallows. Yes, I noticed that too. I can imagine the neighbours having a barbecue on a weekend evening when a grenade lands on the lawn, fizzles, cracks and marshmallows spring out like confetti. There’s a one second pause to formulate a collective mental WTF? among the present when Mr. Jakubec’s kitchen blows up in the background. ---
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/35 "2010-12-07T12:58:19Z")
If I were the homeowner, I’d insist on it being filmed, and getting the rights to distribute the video. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/36 "2010-12-07T15:27:55Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > If I were the homeowner, I’d insist on it being filmed, and getting the rights to distribute the video. I know just the [people](http://dsc.discovery.com/tv/destroyed-in-seconds/destroyed-in-seconds.html) to do it! [QUOTE=Destroyed in Seconds] FEAST ON DESTRUCTION VIDEO! [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/37 "2010-12-07T15:39:01Z")
> [@Raguleader](#): > > If I were the homeowner, I’d insist on it being filmed, and getting the rights to distribute the video. I think the property owner is probably out of luck. Isn’t there a rule that police rely on to the effect that property used in the (even suspected) comission of a crime is seized outright? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/38 "2010-12-07T15:53:26Z")
My signifcant other had a good point when I told her about it. Make the dude who made this mess bring that shit out one piece at a time to be properly disposed of (under supervision of course). ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/39 "2010-12-07T16:26:42Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > I think the property owner is probably out of luck. Isn’t there a rule that police rely on to the effect that property used in the (even suspected) comission of a crime is seized outright? No. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bomb-factory-house-too-dangerous-to-clear-will-be-burned-down/563160/40 "2010-12-07T16:34:51Z")
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