Anonymous Coward User ID: 41236669 United States 06/06/2013 09:57 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | These are just increasing in popularity, so I thought I would put this one up. The fellow appears to have numerous problems, besides fertilizer: [ link to www.starnewsonline.com] The arrest of a man in Columbus County Friday led to the discovery of 200 pounds of ammonium nitrate by the Brunswick County Sheriff's Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.
Columbus County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested James L. Hewitt Friday night after a fight involving his parents and brother two days earlier. Officials accuse Hewitt, 46, of Supply of pushing his elderly mother down the front steps. He was charged with assault on a female, assault by pointing a gun, two counts of assault on an officer and three counts of possession of a weapon of mass destruction after detectives found three rifles converted to fully automatic fireEdit-I don't know a blasted thing about explosives, so hopefully someone can say if this is a lot or not. |
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User ID: 40565200 United States 06/06/2013 10:04 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: ammonium nitrate arrest Edit-I don't know a blasted thing about explosives, so hopefully someone can say if this is a lot or not.
Quoting: zenobiaphobia Mixed with diesel fuel in the appropriate ratio and well placed it could level a good sized building, yes. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 8048540 United States 06/06/2013 10:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: ammonium nitrate arrest 200 lbs is nothing. there are many large farmers in Columbus Cty that keep thousands of pounds of fertilizer in their warehouse to use on their farms.
200 lbs is a small amount to a farmer. It's just 2 100 lb bags.
That only fertilizes about 10 acres of crops.
There are farmers that have hundreds of acres of crops. Are they gonna raid them also ???
When did farming become a crime ???
I can understand about the modified guns
but the fertilizer is just bull shit
farmers go to the supply store every day and fill up their trucks with tons of fertilizer. and some buy it out of season because it is cheaper. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 41284182 United States 06/07/2013 05:37 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: ammonium nitrate arrest
That's one of the things I find interesting about this case-how are they going to determine when ammonium nitrate is a fertilizer and when it is a potential weapon? Lots of things are potential weapons. |