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Article Source: SciamBuying chemical weapons material through the mail is quick and easy.
I was reading up on nuclear proliferation when our editorial assistant came by my office. "You've got a package downstairs," he said. I took the elevator to the lobby of our building, scribbled my signature on the invoice and carried my box upstairs. I then had all the material I needed to make sarin nerve gas.
Some worry that restrictions would put an undue burden on industry...and wouldn't stop a determined terrorist anyway. But firms already manage with controls on drug-related chemicals,...
Which suggests our societys fears the moral inhibitions affiliated with drugs more than the mass casualties associated with chemical weapons. This doesn't strike me as all that rational.
#1 - Thu Oct 16, 2008 8:46 PM EDTAny high school chem student can rummage around in the kitchen and bathroom and find enough stuff to make a dandy little bomb with. and how hard is it to get Castor oil?
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