{"id":3384,"date":"2007-09-15T08:59:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-15T08:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/anything-that-goes-bang-is-ill.html"},"modified":"2007-09-15T08:59:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-15T08:59:00","slug":"anything-that-goes-bang-is-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2007\/09\/anything-that-goes-bang-is-ill.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Anything that goes `bang&#8217; is illegal&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to stop burglars from breaking into your house, you might not want to use pipe bombs.  You may be the one who <a href=\"http:\/\/ap.google.com\/article\/ALeqM5hiD-wIDSS7pZ9c1ebcPfjo9YAPUg\">gets caught in your own booby trap<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A man tired of burglars nearly blew off his hand when bomb-like devices he set around his house exploded in his presence instead, authorities said.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nThe neighbor, Patrick Struble, said the explosives were &#8220;like a pipe bomb. He accidentally triggered it, and it almost blew his hand off.&#8221;<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\n&#8220;Anything that goes `bang&#8217; is illegal,&#8221; police Lt. Bruce Ferguson said. &#8220;I can&#8217;t think of any (legal) reason why someone would be making a bomb.&#8221; <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>(<a href=\"http:\/\/breacanyon.blogspot.com\/2007\/09\/housing-boom.html\">via<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to stop burglars from breaking into your house, you might not want to use pipe bombs. 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