April 6, 200422 yr Here is an article about a grenade found in a thrift store in my home town: Cops called to thrift store The Chronicle-Journal April 03, 2004 It was like a scene from a movie when staff at a video store and a thrift store in Thunder Bay's north side were evacuated yesterday. Police blocked access to the area surrounding Blockbuster Video and the neighbouring Salvation Army Family Thrift Store on Red River Road while a bomb technician inspected the casing of a hand grenade found in the thrift store. We were just doing our job going through donations and it was found, said Susan Tuomisto, assistant manager of the thrift shop. We knew it was real. It wasn't a toy.? They called police about 4 p.m. Police said the grenade shell was given to the store about two or three months ago as a donation, and it was put away on a shelf by a thrift store staff member. It was found wrapped in a blanket and sitting inside one of two military helmets that were also donated to the store. So when we first came and looked, we couldn.t tell if it was real, said Sgt. John Radl of Thunder Bay Police. He said they called in the bomb technician and the item was moved to outside the thrift store for further inspection. The empty steel casing, which weighed just under one kilogram, was found to be harmless and the stores reopened. People should consider what they are donating, Tuomisto said. They should consider not disposing of potential items that might be cause for alarm.? There was nothing illegal about donating the helmets or an empty grenade shell casing to the store, police said, but a grenade shell casing can't be legally obtained by the public. Radl said the casing they found probably came from the military and was likely donated by someone with an army background. The military uses so many of these, they can't retrieve all of them, he said.
April 7, 200422 yr Author -xliljimmy69x]it mentioned shell so thats a 40mm correct? It was a hand grenade . . . With no pin and the charge was gone from the bottom it was completely empty.
April 8, 200422 yr think of how many shells and grenades and bullets youve fired /thrownthink of the dude that fills the ammo boxes poor guy
April 8, 200422 yr Author think of how many shells and grenades and bullets youve fired /thrown think of the dude that fills the ammo boxes poor guy :o No kidding it must be hard to keep the boxes filled up 8)
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