Boobytrap

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I finished making the third bomb a few minutes ago.

Except, of course, that it isn’t a bomb. It’s a “destructive device.” That’s the official legal definition in the California Penal Code. Chapter 2.5: Destructive Devices. Section 12303.3: Explosion of Destructive Device. I know that section by heart. It was drummed into my head at the trial. I read it a hundred, two hundred, three hundred times in the prison library.

“Every person who possesses, explodes, ignites, or attempts to explode or ignite any destructive device or any explosive with intent to injure, intimidate, or terrify any person, or with intent to wrongfully injure or destroy any property, is guilty of a felony, and shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for a period of three, five, or seven years.”

Point of law, Mr. Latimer.

Ah, but that wasn’t enough for them. The destructive devices I made six years ago, the three destructive devices I’ve manufactured here and now, are more than just destructive devices. They are also Chapter 3.2: Boobytraps. Specifically, Section 12355: Boobytraps — Felony.

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