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What type of grenade is it?
HE, smoke, flash-bank, tear gas, etc?

HE grenades are regulated by federal law.
Smoke grenades are allowed in most states.
Flash bangs and tear gas.... I dunno.

Are you sure it's live?
Is it a training grenade, or a dummy grenade?


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Definition of "destructive device" from The Gun Control Act of 1968, Public Law 90-618:


(4) The term "destructive device" means--

(A) any explosive, incendiary, or poison gas --

(i) bomb,

(ii) grenade,

(iii) rocket having a propellant charge of more than four ounces,

(iv) missile having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than
one-quarter ounce,

(v) mine, or

(vi) device similar to any of the devices described in the
preceding clauses;

(B) any type of weapon (other than a shotgun or a shotgun shell which
the Secretary finds is generally recognized as particularly suitable
for sporting purposes) by whatever name known which will, or which may
be readily converted to, expel a projectile by the action of an
explosive or other propellant, and which has any barrel with a bore of
more than one-half inch in diameter; and

(C) any combination of parts either designed or intended for use in
converting any device into any destructive device described in
sub paragraph (A) or (B) and from which a destructive device may be
readily assembled.

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If you have plenty of money and time, it is possible to get the appropriate federal licenses to own the grenade. Your state may not allow it though.

To possess a grenade without the licenses is a crime.

In addition to the law, there is the safety issue. How old is the grenade?
Some explosives destabilize as they age. I'm not sure about grenades. Some use TNT, others use RDX or a combination.


The military has a nice term for a grenade boo-boo: "unplanned detonation"


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Finally, how well do you trust your source?
Could it be a set up?
Or could he be out to kill you?


Do you know what happens when you insert a smoke grenade fuse into an HE grenade?