Ken,
This is the same quality of reporting we see every day.
Having had a number opportunities to compare tje news coverage of topics
and event where I have had direct knowledge of the facts, I treat
everything in the media as suspect until confirmed by a reliable source.
Dave Smith
On Sat, May 19, 2018, 6:04 AM Kenneth Brown <ken@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On May 18, 2018, at 6:54 PM, David Smith wrote:
I don't know how productive this thread is...
From the descriptions in the media, it's easy to see how all of us could
be accused of being a terrorist based on the materials we all typically
have on hand. What are being described as "IED's" could easily be fuel
grains, either commercial or custom. It's good if other rocketeers are
talking to people they know in the media and law enforcement to try and
educate them about the hobby and the people in it NOT being mad bombers.
I've been very disappointed in the quality of reporting and the ignorance
of law enforcement when they encounter hobbies such as ours. A 9v battery,
some loose wire and a cellphone are not items that automatically mean
"IED". In fact, that's not even the first thing I would think of if
presented with those things in a box. If it were the case, I'd scare the
hell out of investigators since I have a bunch of old cellphones, 9v
batteries and rolls of wire in addition to all of my rocketry stuff.
Ken "NOT a bomber" Brown
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