[stevej37]

Today, in a small town about 10 miles from me, a person found a device laying on the side of the road and thought it might be a bomb.
The sheriff patrol came and picked it up and brought it to a secure place where it was detonated. No word yet if it was an explosive.

I remember as a teen working for a neighbor/farmer that we would sometimes head into town to the local hardware store and buy a few sticks of dynamite for blasting stumps. No permit or special paperwork involved.
The hardware store never kept it on the premises. After paying we would go to a small building on a dirt road, out of town, that only had a simple padlock on the door. Get the sticks and go blasting!

I imagine that will never be available again.