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TexasTowelie

(127,383 posts) Wed Apr 1, 2026, 10:37 PM Wednesday

Dozens of homemade pipe bombs found in suspect's New York home, police say - ABC News

Raymond Elder, a New York man from White Plains, was charged with using weapons of mass destruction after federal agents discovered over 25 homemade pipe bombs in his apartment. Prosecutors say the suspect put his entire neighborhood outside New York City at risk.

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exaggerated charge "weapons of mass destruction" rampartd Yesterday #1

A pipe bomb... GiqueCee 21 hrs ago #2

25 pipe bombs doesn't count as WMD? Only if you're out of town. Wonder Why 15 hrs ago #3

rampartd

(4,638 posts)

1. exaggerated charge "weapons of mass destruction"

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 01:48 AM

Yesterday

really should apply ony to nuclear/chemical/biological stuff.

a pipe bomb? no.

GiqueCee

(4,275 posts)

2. A pipe bomb...

Reply to rampartd (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 11:03 AM

21 hrs ago

... can kill or maim a LOT of people. That's mass murder. It can also destroy a LOT of property. That's what a pipe bomb is intended to do.
You might want to rethink your position.

Wonder Why

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3. 25 pipe bombs doesn't count as WMD? Only if you're out of town.

Reply to rampartd (Reply #1)

Thu Apr 2, 2026, 04:52 PM

15 hrs ago

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