Shouldn't this fellow have been charged with terrorism or something?

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.tribune-chronicle.com/News/articles.asp?articleID=7049

Police file charges over chemicals

By JOE GORMAN Tribune Chronicle

Sunday, August 06, 2006 — Time: 10:51:04 PM EST

YOUNGSTOWN — A man who had large quantities of weapons and chemicals removed from his South Side home June 30 now has faces an arrest warrant.

Randall Telshaw, 53, whose last known address is 611 Ferndale Ave., was charged with a single count of illegal assembly of chemicals to manufacture an explosive device, a fourth-degree felony, authorities said. snip

Detective Sgt. Joe DeMatteo, head of the department’s Bomb Squad, said the haul that police and federal agents took out of Telshaw’s home was the biggest locally he had ever seen.

Besides several assault rifles and a bazooka, several hundred rounds of ammunition, as well as 73 shells for the bazooka, also were taken, along with 81 50-pound bags of fertilizer that has chemicals that can be used to make a bomb, aluminum powder, smokeless black powder and potassium perchlorate. snip

Most neighbors around Telshaw’s home described him as a man who was seldom seen, but one man who did claim to know him said Telshaw was arming himself because he was concerned about the Y2K crisis and that he also has been the victim of several robberies.

[Viva_La_Revolution]

1. nobody told him Y2K has passed?

typical freeper

[larrysh]

2. Just a tad bit of overkill I'd say......73 bazooka rounds?

[TomInTib]

3. Dude, his name is Randall Telshaw. That ain't no terrist name.

And them 73 bazoka shell were probably for New Year's Eve.

Give the guy a break. Whatever happened to presumed innocence?

You know, the Bill of Rights and all.

"a single count of illegal assembly of chemicals to manufacture an explosive device, a fourth-degree felony, authorities said."

Are you fucking kidding me?

[benEzra]

10. That's probably just the initial booking charge...

"a single count of illegal assembly of chemicals to manufacture an explosive device, a fourth-degree felony, authorities said."

Are you fucking kidding me?

That's probably just the initial booking charge...he's in for more.

Mere possession of a single automatic weapon, or a single round for a bazooka, without Federal authorization (BATFE Form 4) for that item, is a felony violation of the Title 2/Class III provisions of the National Firearms Act, and IIRC carries a potential sentence of 10 years in Club Fed for each violation.

He'll be in prison for a while...

[uppityperson]

4. Yes. Something.

Definetly something like that.

[NNN0LHI]

5. Here is another one

http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/07/29/news/local/ddca1187d74ed1f9862571ba000f0572.txt

Miami man indicted for possession of machine guns, hand grenades

A Miami man who told authorities he had 80 guns in a moving van has been indicted on federal charges of possessing machine guns and hand grenades.

James J. Parsons, 67, was arrested July 20 after federal agents found a German World War II machine gun, British World War II-era Sten machine gun and a Browning machine gun, along with machine gun parts, ammunition and three live hand grenades in the truck Parsons was renting. None of the guns was registered to him in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record. snip

After officers obtained a search warrant, Parsons said he had three unregistered machine guns in the truck. Agents found the guns, gun parts, ammunition and three live hand grenade bodies with plugs and live fuse in a box containing 1 pound of black gun powder.

If convicted, Parsons could face a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.


And another:

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story.aspx?storyid=36313

Domestic assault leads to arrest on bomb-making charges

Anderson County deputies say they found live hand grenades and explosives while responding to a call early Saturday morning.

The suspect, Brad Smith, age 43, was taken into custody, while the victim, Michelle W. Daniels, age 33, alerted deputies that live hand grenades and bomb making materials were on the premises.

Deputies searched and found a variety of bomb-making components and instruction manuals, along with one completed explosive device. They also found an assault rifle and two hand guns.

The Knox County Sheriff's Department Bomb Squad was called for assistance, and detonated the explosive device at the scene. snip

Smith is also a suspect in the rape of a 14 year old girl that allegedly occurred at his residence on July 21.

[eviltwin2525]

6. a baZOOka??? no shit???

that blows my mind

[larrysh]

8. Wonder if he had a paintball gun, too......those things hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[The Stranger]

7. White folks can't BE terrorists, remember? Didn't you get the memo?

Or the racist emails spreading like wildfire?

[bowens43]

9. Who did he terrorize?

[ChristianLibrul]

11. Nobody...yet

But we're in the age of arresting and bombing people for what they MIGHT do, remember? That is, after all, why we invaded Iraq, and the principle behind "Shoot First" laws. Wait...my neighbor hunts deer. He might kill me with that rifle. I should kill him and occupy his house!

[benEzra]

13. Only if your neighbor is trying to break into your house,

and the principle behind "Shoot First" laws. Wait...my neighbor hunts deer. He might kill me with that rifle. I should kill him and occupy his house!

Only if your neighbor is in the act of breaking into your occupied house, carjacking you, or is attempting to subject you to a forcible felony (aggravated assault, armed robbery, rape, kidnapping) in a public place. Otherwise, you'll go down for 2nd-degree murder...

[ComerPerro]

12. No mention of race in the article, so probaly white

and white guys CANT be terrorists.

EDIT: And besides, maybe he was innocently plotting to bomb an abortion clinic or Planned Parenthood facility. That's not terrorism, after all.