What if the Tsarnaevs Had Been the "Boston Shooters"? : The New Yorker

Kind of an interesting thought experiment.  In no way can I support restrictive hardware regulations of any type of firearms, but this is the first time I've read the perceptual difference between "bombs" and "guns" so clearly stated.  It's important to recall that the Columbine killers had an elaborate plan based on an amateurish array of IEDs, as did the Aurora theater killer, both in booby-trapping his apartment and using smoke or irritants as a distractor,  while the attack on Mumbai seemed to rely on small arms, with fire being a secondary effect.  And while we are focused on the Chechens, invariably they have combined the use of small arms and IEDs, up to and including female "Shahidka" suicide/homicide bombers, either conventionally as team members in the Beslan and Moscow theater attacks, or a solo actors in sundry subway & transit bombings.  My understanding is that women who suffer mental illness or are socially ostracized are specifically targeted for recruiting, and that the devices used are remotely detonated by handlers at a distance, should the wearer have a change of mind or heart.
What if the Tsarnaevs Had Been the "Boston Shooters"? : The New Yorker