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Under very limited circumstances; a 'live' grenade is a destructive device, requires a 200.00 tax to be paid, and extensive papaerwork and background checks, etc. If you're talking about a de-activated war souvenier such things are sometimes regulated by local laws but are genrally legal provided you're not walking down the street with one.

Also, I've never been quite clear what happens should an otherwise lawful owner of a registered grenade decide to detonate the thing--I don't think that would be lawful unless a seprate set of licenses and criteria are met.

Of course, in Willmette you don't even have to worry about handguns, right?!!

Oh, and no, you can't have the grenade in IL AT ALL regardless--NFA weapons (apart from AOW's) are banned to the peasants here.
 
In Wilmette IL ??? :rolleyes:

NO!

Nothing is legal in Illinois, doubly so for Wilmette. If the cops don't get you, your association will.

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The median income for a household in the village was $106,773, and the median income for a family was $122,515. Males had a median income of $97,143 versus $50,007 for females. The per capita income for the village was $55,611. About 1.3% of families and 2.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 1.6% of those under age 18 and 4.7% of those age 65 or over.

The village ranks 45th on the list of highest-income places in the United States with a population of over 10,000.
 
Also, I've never been quite clear what happens should an otherwise lawful owner of a registered grenade decide to detonate the thing--I don't think that would be lawful unless a seprate set of licenses and criteria are met.
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Why not? After it has been set off, send them a letter explaining that the destructive device has self-destructed and it should be removed from the registry.
 
Exploding DDs don't require serial numbers for just that reason (or so the NFA Tech Branch has told me)
 
See, I'm still unclear--but just because you can lawfully own an NFA-legal grenade doesn't mean you can pull the pin in some out of the way place and set it off--does it? Or, is the theory that if you can locate, buy, and register your DD handgrenade that you are cool enough to go crazy with it. I've always contended that a frag sans pin is the ultmate close-quarter bluff-trump during a (sorry no ethnic offense intended) 'Mexican' standoff. I've never had to prove my theory.

Incidentally, in my limited exposure to grenades at Ft. Benning I concluded that 1) Hollywood does NOT do them justice in terms of the pop they make. 2) I always have liked firecrackers and guns my whole life, but I lack the coordination to deal with handgrenades on a professional basis.
 
You can detonate it if it is not used illegally. Even a minor crime committed with an NFA weapon can get you stuck with a stiff sentence of some prosecutor wants to push it, so be careful where and how you try it out...
 
If you take a piss the wrong way anywhere near chicago your going to jail if you do have a nade' get rid of it asap and NO i didnt mean pull the pin.
 
You can own a grenade as per other responses (NFA paperwork, tax stamp, ect.)

Finding one that is legally purchasable is going to be impossible. So while it is a fun discussion to have, let be clear... it's totally academic.


-T.
 
Finding one that is legally purchasable is going to be impossible. So while it is a fun discussion to have, let be clear... it's totally academic.
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Its generally permissible to make them yourself though, is it not? Like making an AOW or SBR. Just have to do the paperwork and pay the taxes.
 
Depends on the state.

In CA for example even having a metal dimilled grenade is a criminal offense, and for a second violation is a felony. That includes those paperweights many sell in other states that say "take a number" with a number attached to the pin or similar.
People were converting them into actual explosives, so they decided to restrict even fake ones (even though it is really just a metal case.) Pipes and other metal containers are still legal though, so I guess the logic escapes me.

In IL there is likely more restrictive local and states laws than the federal laws which others have already gone over.
 
Its generally permissible to make them yourself though, is it not? Like making an AOW or SBR. Just have to do the paperwork and pay the taxes.
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I suppose. But when I think grenade, something "homemade" doesn't really come to mind. "Homemade" invokes the image of a pipe bomb-like device.


-T.
 
Statistics indicate 1 in 2 homemade anti-personnel will fail catastrophicly.

That and I know why you wont be able to buy a NEW one, you see in the deal the hand grenade makers sign with the DOD there probably is a provision in there saying civilians cannot buy this.
 
Incidentally, in my limited exposure to grenades at Ft. Benning I concluded that 1) Hollywood does NOT do them justice in terms of the pop they make. 2) I always have liked firecrackers and guns my whole life, but I lack the coordination to deal with handgrenades on a professional basis.
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I got mine at Ft Lost-in-the-Woods. I learned that John Wayne had the worlds strongest teeth. (you cannot pull the pin with your teeth, unless they're made of titanium). And that when if comes to real live grenades I can chuck that puppy pretty far. Like over and out of the pit it was supposed to land in.
 
No there are sources for grenades for civilians, it's not impossible. Very few sources though and they tend to not advertise the fact they sell them too much...

If making them, I suggest keep it simple to keep them reliable--look up Benjamin Franklin's design which uses blackpowder (perhaps a modern explosive material could be substituted if you desire).
 
Exploding DDs don't require serial numbers for just that reason (or so the NFA Tech Branch has told me)
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Maybe for stuff like Mortar/Cannon shells, but i know that every Flash-Bang Single-use and reload has a Serial Number which is recorded, and anytime they are used either in training or operationally, ATF has to be notified that the round was fired.
 
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