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Ramona Shootist Emporium at 649 Main St., Suite C, serves as Ramona’s backcountry resource for shooting sports, providing historical and contemporary arms, reloading supplies, repairs, education and black powder supplies.
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The pressure cookers were filled with nails, ball bearings and black powder by the bombers Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev to maximize the damage.
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Most bombings use what is called a low explosive, something like black powder, instead of a high explosive like dynamite.
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The incident came on the heels of the arrest of a Seattle man who was charged this week with sending 11 packages containing explosive black powder to government agencies and military installations in the D.C. area.
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Officials said black powder was discovered in at least one package along with a fuse, but it was neutralized by the FBI.
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The package sent to McNair, an Army base in Washington, D.C., tested positive for black powder and had a fuse attached.
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Shortly after noon, according to Howard, an Army explosive ordnance disposal unit from Fort Belvoir ‘‘confirmed the package tested positive for black powder and residue.
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The Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal team responded to the National Defense University package, which tested positive for black powder and residue, according to Fox5DC.
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