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Old Apr 14, 2011 | 12:24 am
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nachtnebel
 
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Originally Posted by trooper
Hmmm... Fireworks use Black Powder.. which (unlike modern Smokeless propellant) IS actually an "Explosive"*... (not a terribly efficient/powerful one of course) but an explosive nonetheless...

* classified as "1.1D" on the NATO system IIRC...
Black powder is covered under the same exemptions to explosives laws as smokeless. Neither are considered to be under explosives control in "normal" quantities, which for black powder was 50 pounds.
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