What you've mentioned is far from an ordinary childhood, I can't deny that you were given proper instruction, love and understanding of a family unit/member...some don't have such a thing and don't see the world as you. And yes I agree with you that 90% of those TV shows are bullshit, but that 10% can be the inspiration that sets things off so to speak. As for the part which is in bold, I'm not sure why you would say that. Are you pointing to the fact that you have the capacity for such violence or that someone like yourself, who has a similar childhood, who with the love and understanding of a grandpappy and knows how to blow shit up, is some how an average US citizen and by today's standards are considered for all intents and purposes a terrorist?
Fishing with dynamite, sure if you're lazy
to sum up, in a word, YES.
when i was a kid, if you heard BOOOOM from over the hill, that usually meant
A: somebody is removing a stump to clear a feild
B: somebody is engaging in shenanigans for the amusement of their kids/grandkids
C: somebody is limbering up their old cannon for the upcoming 4th of july festivities
D: old man Trochet's still blew up again.
as long as you call up Mr Trochet and he's alright, fuckit. if he doesnt answer the phone, then you send somebody round to check on him.
these days if somebody feels the need to set off a "device" on his own property, it's time to call the sheriff/dea//homeland security.
the truth is, they dont give a flying fuck about REAL problems, they are just there to ensure compliance.
couple years ago i reported an 80CF oxy-cylinder (if you dont know thats the 5 foot tall high pressure oxy-acetylene welding tank that looks like a torpedo, and is often called "The Bomb") dumped in a creek bed. the sheriff's depf routed me to the Fire dept, how directed me to the local Homeland security, who directed me to the local EPA, who sent me right back to the sheriff's office... 6 days later that cylinder was still there. it could have been charged, just waiting for something to break it's regulator off (boom) it could have been stuffed with explosives as an IED (it was under a bridge on a major thoroughfare) or it could have been just an empty cylinder that got washed away in a flood or was dumped accidentally, but they are NOT the sort of thing one generally just tosses into the creek.
they never came and got it, and the next big rain sent it on down stream. Yay Homeland Security.
so yeah, they would arrest me as a terrorist over some firecrackers, but mustaffa up the road with 50 lbs of semtex wired to his prius is just aces.