[magic_smoke_ee]

Had to look it up because I can't remember nitty-gritty details: DD manufacturer under class 10 FFL or class 2 SOT. I imagine the various types of insurance needed to operate such a business are expensive and painful too.

[tonetegeatinst]

Correct. DD manufacturing the separate license from the ATF then an explosive manufacturing license and then if a pipe bomb is constructed it's considered a destructive device not an explosive device and has to be registered on paper as such and then you also need a separate license to use the device and then once used it has to be marked as used on paper.

[giantg2]

And if you have the materials (short pipes, lots of caps, etc) to build the pipe bombs in the same area as your expolsive manufacture without the DD paperwork, you could still be charged with constructive intent. Same as if you have an unbuilt short barrel and a built lower with a stock they have charged people with intent to manufacturer an SBR.

[tonetegeatinst]

Correct.

While I have the ability to read some legal text despite having 0 law education, it still is confusing and hard to interpret stuff.

While I understand the need for regulation, and safety, it seems almost if not impossible to navigate. Unless you have the money to pay for lawyers and someone to handle compliance, its very easy to make a mistake that could kill your career.

So your corporations or large businesses can afford lawyers and compliance consultant people so they ensure they are fine and dandy, but if you rural person wants to build explosives to mess around and experiment and research, their is no way they can afford this unless they are super rich.

Ordinance Labs somehow does this but they are Texas based, and make money off of consulting....so they are a great example of how hard this is. They also are being accused of violating ITAR and EAR which is serious.