PTK:
And if you have an explosives user permit (which is needed to legally use Tannerite), there are cheaper and more fun things than Tannerite.
Amen.
JesseL:
Nor I
nor am I licensed in any capacity regarding explosives,
Got you beat there
but that is a gross oversimplification. There are a whole lot of "explosives" that I know are legal in numerous states without any BATFE concern.
Yes. Medicines are explicitly exempted in Washington state, for instance.
Everything from those little paper wrapped snap caps to fireworks.
Oh. Those aren't explosives; they are regulated by the ATFE, though. Just under a different set of rules.
Tannerite may not be as legal as Mr. Tanner claims (I'm inclined to believe it is, as long as it's used as soon as it's mixed and not transported after mixing)
While you may wish this to be true, it is not. In a perfect world (one where the ATFE doesn't exist), you're right. And I completely disagree with the ATFE existing or having any right under the Constitution to regulate squat. Doesn't change things.
, but that snippet of law certainly doesn't prove much either way.
You're welcome to read the surrounding sections. I gave you a link to the law.
Vicious-Peanut:
Tannerite is a Binary explosive, as it has two parts and neither one of them is explosive without the other, therefore it isn't regulated by the BATFE if I remember correctly.
Unmixed, this is partly true. Once mixed, it is regulated by the ATFE. Before it is mixed, the AN part of the equation is regulated under a new law (new this year) about controlling access to AN. However, it is a paperwork shuffle on the licensee's end, not yours.
One of my other hobbies is high powered rocketry and we have igniter dips that are also binary explosives and the BATFE cant regulate them like they do everything else.
I don't want to get into what the ATFE can or cannot regulate, as it seems every day they find a way to regulate something new. However, the ATFE
seems to think it has the right to regulate high power rocketry. As for the fuse you're talking about, I couldn't find it in a quick google.
Rocketry Planet provides links to ATFE letters on club activities, as well.
To be super-explicit here, I'm on the side of "the ATFE has no right to exist". However, until they're gone, they're the law of the land. Many states do not further regulate explosives beyond delegation to the federal level; lawmaking through reference is annoying, but it happens all the time. Another, more plain way of saying this is the state law will say "federal law in this area applies as if it were state law" and that's the whole law.
