Backpack with "Low Explosive Mixture" Left Outside Federal Court

2008_09_backpack.jpgWNBC reports that on Wednesday, a "laid off construction worker left a backpack" on Pearl Street near the federal courthouse and Manhattan Correctional Center. But don't worry: It doesn't seem terror-related! U.S. Attorney Michael Garcia describes the suspect, Denis Nekrasov, 28, as a "homeless immigrant from Kyrgyzstan who had past training in math, physics and mechanical engineering. " If you read the complaint (PDF), you find that he saved the explosive materials from construction sites in hopes of making his own gun. Nekrasov had gone to 1 Police Plaza to apply for a gun-making permit and left the backpack outside since he knew he couldn't bring it inside. And when Nekrasov went to pick up his bag, authorities were waiting and he admitted his homemade gun scheme, but it was "in case he needed to protect or defend himself from others."

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when low-explosive mixtures are outlawed, only outlaws will make guns.

what?

is this guy on a plane to gitmo yet?

Get that guy a job. Albeit his social skills and knowledge of how our system of government works need a bit of honing.

Do the people that work at construction sites just leave bits and pieces of explosives just sitting around or do they put them at the curb for recycling when they are finished with the job?

He looks familiar. Is he Borats brother in law?

What i am intrigued about is that there is such a thing as a NYC gun-making permit!

Wait - is there such a thing as a gun-making permit??

I thought MacGyver didn't believe in using guns.

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Those wacky immigrants. It's like an episode of "Perfect Strangers".

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"Wait - is there such a thing as a gun-making permit??"

Apparently so. I had no idea.

Taco Bell made a low explosive mixture in my pants

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