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Oh, all the tools and materials for "bomb making" are extremely common. The only uncommon piece is the know-how, though it's not at all complicated. Intent is the other mystery ingredient. There's more than one reason to wish to cause an explosion some distance from oneself.
Yep, as long as you own the land and are not causing massive environmental impact, I find it odd that you can't handle explosives on your own property. Tannerite is legal here, and every redneck with a gun can set off massive explosions that blow out car windows for miles, but if I want to blow out a tunnel for any reason that's deemed insane. For the more powerful bombs like fertilizer bombs, it's slightly more difficult to get all the ingredients, but yeah most of the time it's pretty easy.
Also the whole idea of not being allowed to booby trap your property is wild as well
That last I have to believe is to prevent us from effectively defending ourselves from the state. They know we can only send so many bullets, no matter how well armed we are. Booby traps give us better odds to fight or flee from them, should they decide they have a reason to come after us.
That said I can get a permit for blasting if I, in my very rural area, were to find a "legitimate" need to do so. TNT isn't quite unobtainium, but not easy to get, so it should also be within my rights to fashion my own explosives if I possess the knowledge, skills and tools.
And yeah, tannerite. I don't have any, but academy sports does. It's not even expensive, all things considered.