Lucky Green wrote:
At 5:36 7/28/96, E. ALLEN SMITH wrote:
Across the country, latest figures from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms show a 20 percent jump in pipe bomb incidents between 1990 and 1994.
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"We've been incredibly busy," said sheriff's bomb technician Judd Holiday. "As crime in other categories is dropping, this is going up."
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I would like offer another possible explanation for the increase in pipe bombings. The People are getting frustrated and a pipe bomb can be very useful device releasing one's frustration.
[No, I do not approve of pipe bombing civilians].
Well, the statistic itself is pretty meaningless without some context. There may have been a "20 percent jump" between '90 and '94, but at what rate had pipe bomb "incidents" been growing BEFORE that? -- rgds-- TA (tallard@frb.gov) I don't speak for the Federal Reserve Board, it doesn't speak for me. pgp fingerprint: 10 49 F5 24 F1 D9 A7 D6 DE 14 25 C8 C0 E2 57 9D