Reply #48: Then you are breaking the law.

[gorfle]

What if I already have created "bombs" by combining those chemicals? What if I have actual explosives on hand? Even supposing no evil intent or "trusting" that I would not do "something stupid" - would you want to know that I had dynamite from my construction company sitting in my shed? Don't fall back on any law that supposedly controls something like this. Should you be told that?

Whether I would want to know or not doesn't really matter, does it? If you've already decided to break the law by building bombs, what is a law requiring you to say you have done so?

The fact of the matter is, you probably already have dangerous chemicals on your property, and there are probably laws that govern how much you are allowed to legally store in zoned residential areas.

For example, you probably have a can of gasoline for your lawnmower. You are not required to inform your neighbors of this explosive, flammable liquid. You probably have bleach and brake fluid in your house. Maybe you even have chlorine for your swimming pool. You are not required to inform your neighbors of these auto-igniting, chlorine-gas producing chemicals.

The bottom line is, you can store nearly any chemical on your property without having to tell anyone. There are limits on the quantity you can store on your property.

But let's say you were an irresponsible chemical storer and decided to store a thousand gallons of gasoline on your property. If you are already this irresponsible to break the law, are you going to tell people about it?

Same thing with firearm owners. If they were intent on breaking the law, do you think they are going to tell people about it?