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SummerSnow

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7. from the article...

Reply to Hestia (Reply #2)

Tue Jun 10, 2014, 06:12 PM

Jun 2014

Parents were notified about the grenade, and police said Miguel always thought it was a "dud" so she let her son take it to school to show his class. The Connecticut Bomb Squad said the old grenade could have detonated and hurt someone within a 15 to 20 foot radius.

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Mom charged after police say her son brought grenade to school [View all] SummerSnow Jun 2014 OP

Oh man, a gun supporter and I were just discussing if hand grenades would be OK for randys1 Jun 2014 #1

It was a dud. IMNSHO over reaction. As kids, other kids brought memorabilia like this to school. Hestia Jun 2014 #2

Where did you hear it was a dud? johnp3907 Jun 2014 #5

from the article... SummerSnow Jun 2014 #7

"Hey Brick where did you get a hand grenade?" Initech Jun 2014 #3

moms with grenades? WTF? spanone Jun 2014 #4

The Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch shenmue Jun 2014 #6