For the offense 'Components of Explosives', what must the offender's intent be?

• A. To combine the components into an explosive weapon for use in a criminal endeavor.
• B. To repair the components.
• C. To sell the components.
• D. To study chemistry.

Answer: (A)

The key idea is that this offense requires a specific intent to create an explosive device. To be guilty, the offender must intend to combine separate components into an explosive weapon and intend to use it in a criminal endeavor. Merely repairing, selling, studying chemistry, or possessing components without that intent does not meet the element of assembling and using an explosive for crime. The crime targets the deliberate act of construction and use of an explosive weapon, not passive possession or unrelated activities.