Surely, it wasn't a live grenade, was it? You can buy grenades are your nearest military surplus store, but they're not live.
The object was determined to be "inert and safe" by the bomb squad,
Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed.
Consequences of this in 1956 - Ants die.
Consequences of this in 2006 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny’s Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again.
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