[ogdoad]

There is a point behind prohibiting "just about everyone" from having access to easy gunpowder. Consider how "just about everyone" includes anything from anti-social prankers to vengeful people with no concern for collateral, to plain `terrorists`.

[bhhaskin]

Gunpowder isn't some super secret formula. Anyone with basic chemistry knowledge can make it. I remember kids making it in high school chemistry class to make a black powder rocket.