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I was surprised to learn that by US Law a grenade is considered a WMD. Which is not what I thought of when I hear the term Weapon of Mass Destruction. https://
by graton 6y ago
I was surprised to learn that by US Law a grenade is considered a WMD. Which is not what I thought of when I hear the term Weapon of Mass Destruction.
https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/wmd https://www.fbi.gov/investigate/wmd
A WMD is defined by U.S. law as any of the following:
* A destructive device, such as an explosive or incendiary bomb, rocket, or grenade;
* A weapon that is designed to cause death or serious injury through toxic or poisonous chemicals;
* A weapon that contains a biological agent or toxin; or
* A weapon that is designed to release dangerous levels of radiation or radioactivity.
- nexuist 6y agoA grenade is not that different from a bomb, and although most grenades have a relatively small blast radius, there's nothing stopping you from making really big grenades (at which point the main differentiator between it and a bomb is the integrated timed fuse).
- closetohome 6y agoI was kind of shocked to find that US law defines it as "any destructive device" and goes on to define that as "having an explosive or incendiary charge of more than one-quarter ounce." Which is 1/26th the explosive in an M67 grenade. 1/4oz is more like a couple of M80s stuck together. As someone else said, this is presumably so they can charge people with terrorism for using basically any kind of explosive. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2010-title18/pdf/USCODE-2010-title18-partI-chap113B-sec2332a.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2010-title18/pdf/... https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section921&num=0&edition=prelim https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim...