(CNN) -- An access point to Fort Hood in Texas was briefly shut down Wednesday after guards discovered a live grenade during a random vehicle search, officials said.I understand the issue; in the wake of the tragic shooting emotions are running high and there's a lot of pressure to "do something" in the general sense. You could make a case that it's not over-reacting to call Emergency Services over an explosive device; from my limited understanding, though, this round is inert unless fired from a launcher, meaning it's akin to finding a shotgun shell in someone's trunk. In any case, it kicked over my giggle box to see a borderline PSH headline about finding grenades on an Army base...
At about 9:15 a.m., guards alerted Fort Hood Emergency Services after finding the live munition and closed Clarke Gate for about 30 minutes, according to a Fort Hood news release.
I do have to admit, this made me chuckle:
There is an investigation under way to determine what, if anything should happen to the serviceman, Broadway said.
I'm thinking about 75,000 pushups or so...
That is all.
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Well, it's SUPPOSED to be relatively inert unless it's fired.
Unless it's been abused, tinkered with, or gets caught in a fire.
They have no way of knowing what condition this round is in.
There's no excuse for a soldier to have a 40mm grenade in his POV, unless he happens to own a legally registered grenade launcher for it. None.
You're not even supposed to leave teh range with fired small arms brass or MG links.
And a 40mm HVGL round didn't just "fall out of a pocket".
Heck, unless it's an inert training round, it's an NFA violation all by itself.
If it's a real round, this guy is going to be lucky to escape a court martial. You do NOT screw around with or take home with you any weapon issued you by the military. It's one of the biggest nons I can think of.
IT DEPENDS ON WETHER OR NOT IT IS A ROCKET PROPELLED GRENADE OR A FRAG GRENADE... THE FRAG IS USELESS UNTIL PIN AND SPOON ARE SEPARATE FROM THE GRENADE AND THE RPG'S ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE EXPLOSIVE WITHOUT BEING FIRED LIKE GEODKYT SAID
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