"15 hand grenades, one mortar shell, one stick grenade ... and a light anti-tank weapon"

[Scuba]

Seems some guy here in Wisconsin was stockpiling weapons, and then he died...



http://www.jsonline.com/newswatch/132728958.html


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Sheriff's deputies arrived at the residence in the 5500 block of S. 92nd St. at 2:30 p.m. They discovered 15 hand grenades, one mortar shell, one stick grenade, 18 military and parachute flares, and a light anti-tank weapon, sheriff's spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin said in a news release. Some of them were live, McLaughlin said. Technicians from the Sheriff's Office Explosive Ordnance Detection Bomb Squad retrieved the military devices, and destruction of the items was pending, McLaughlin said.

The owner of the items was a retired Milwaukee police officer who was also a collector, Hales Corners Police Detective Kent Schoonover said Thursday. The man's family called the Hales Corners Police Department after he died Wednesday, asking police to remove the items.

Schoonover said that as a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard the man was an extremely careful and safe-minded individual who had everything securely stored.

"There was no danger to the neighborhood, there was no danger to the citizens, there was no danger to the family. It's just that these items are beyond our expertise so we called the sheriff's department for assistance," Schoonover said. "It doesn't happen every day, but there's nothing else to this. He was just an avid collector. He was not doing anything dangerous."

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A collector!!!???!!! You can collect hand grenades and light anti-tank weapons????!!!??? It was safe???!!!???


I can't believe the cop said that!

[Renew Deal]

1. He has a constitutional right to collect these items.

I don't think they should destroy the stuff. They should send them to the front lines.

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2. Note that only "some" were live, most were inert and who knows which. Cops like big headlines,...

That's all this is, flashy - just don't scratch the surface and look underneath.

[cliffordu]

3. Were any of these explosives LIVE????

it is completely illegal for ANY civilian to own live hand grenades.

[nomb]

5. The grenades are inert dummies with the telltale hole in the bottom, available online. see photo

The tube is just that - a tube. Those things are fired once and the tube is left over.

The flares are probably the only thing live...

[Poll_Blind]

4. Cop own it? It's a "collection" Non-Cop? It's an "arsenal" or "hoard". nt

PB

[nomb]

6. Link to Google shopping: inert grenade

http://www.google.com/search?gcx=c&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=inert+grenades#gcx=c&q=inert+grenades&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbo=u&tbm=shop&source=og&sa=N&tab=wf&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=a80cfa6e513ee79&biw=1024&bih=681

[nomb]

7. Amazon has tons of Grenades to choose from....

http://www.amazon.com/WWII-German-Stick-Grenade-Replica/dp/B005MQ0H6Y

[nomb]

8. BTW I think it's fucked up that grenades are toys - just as I think bad reporting is fucked up

Society is just fucked up these days...

[Abin Sur]

11. What's wrong with "toy" grenades?

[nomb]

14. Everything. And thats from someone not opposed to your 2nd Amend rights....

[ProgressiveProfessor]

16. I remember plastic toy hand grenades from when I was a kid, used adhesive caps to get a bang

[Abin Sur]

17. If you feel that strongly, you probably shouldn't buy one.

I have an inert rifle grenade that I bought it at a garage sale for $10 because it was cool. Besides, it goes nicely with my FN-FAL.

[ProgressiveProfessor]

12. Not toys, collectables and momentoes

I have some "blue" rounds myself. Not a big deal

[Abin Sur]

9. The hand grenades and mortar shell are almost certainly inert.

The flare are live, but so what? I have more flares than that in my collection.

As for the light anti-tank weapon, it's an M72 LAW Rocket launcher, and almost certainly nothing more than an empty fiberglass tube.

What's the big deal?

[ProgressiveProfessor]

10. Not clear if any of grenades or the LAW are live

Flares are common and legal.

Anyone else remember this recent story? http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/09/13/rocket-propelled-grenade-device-found-in-novato-car-1-arrested/

They gave it back when it was all over...the tube is not reusable.

[nomb]

13. the grenades are drilled - and nobody puts a live LAW and grenades on display on the carpet before

before the bomb squad carts them off

[ProgressiveProfessor]

15. Harder to tell in the case of the stick grenade, but I do believe you are correct