[cw: explosives, mention of cp] dear god. a man in the next town over was raided and arrested for selling dangerous explosive chemicals. and he had a previous conviction on similar charges and possession of CP

he has his own website. which is still up. and people on reddit were discussing its reliability

how is this world so crazy ToT

early reporting focused on the "hoard" of guns, which gun experts say are basically antiques used to learn to shoot on or maybe hunt small animals. no mention of the explosives

he probably wasn't planning on blowing up anything bigger than a washing machine, and that as a demonstration, but still. maybe if you're going to sell cool chemicals that can also be explosives, you should make sure you're 100% in line with the law first

(the website was a store selling elements so you can own the entire periodic table btw. not, like, explicitly bomb-making stuff)