Oh? Crazy violent sociopaths can't figure out other means of killing people? Do tell...
I'm sure they can.... just not this effectively.
For instance, a violent sociopath named Tim McVeigh used fertilizer and diesel fuel to blow up a federal building. .
But a funny thing happened after that. They actually restricted who could buy fertilizer. They tracked who was buying large quantities of it to make sure they were actually, you know, farmers.
Ammonium Nitrate Security Statutes and Regulations | Homeland Security
Wow. You mean they checked into the backgrounds of people buying a dangerous item to make sure they weren't dangerous. What a totally crazy idea!!!!
I guess we should be glad that the Founders didn't write a badly worded amendment about farmers that would be misinterpreted 200 years later.
Those are SUGGESTED regulations, they haven't been enacted to whit...
Proposed Rule: Ammonium Nitrate Security Program (PDF, 50 pages – 379 KB). Published August 3, 2011. This proposed rule would implement anti-terrorism measures to better secure the homeland. The Department of Homeland Security would regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate pursuant to section 563 of the Fiscal Year 2008 Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, Public Law 110–161 (PDF, 614 pages – 1.7 MB), with the purpose of preventing the use of ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism. This proposed rule seeks comment on both proposed text for such a regulation and on several practical and legal issues integral to the development of an Ammonium Nitrate Security Program. Comments were accepted from all sources through December 3, 2011.
Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Program (PDF, 3 pages – 59 KB). Published October 29, 208. This Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeks comment on a recent amendment to the Homeland Security Act entitled the Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate. The amendment requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS or Department) to "regulate the sale and transfer of ammonium nitrate by an ammonium nitrate facility ... to prevent the misappropriation or use of ammonium nitrate in an act of terrorism." Comments on the ANRM were accepted through December 29, 2008.