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      21-3731.   Criminal use of explosives. (a) Criminal use of explosives is the possession, manufacture or transportation of commercial explosives; chemical compounds that form explosives; incendiary or explosive material, liquid or solid; detonators; blasting caps; military explosive fuse assemblies; squibs; electric match or functional improvised fuse assemblies; or any completed explosive devices commonly known as pipe bombs or molotov cocktails. For purposes of this section, explosives shall not include class "c" fireworks, legally obtained and transferred commercial explosives by licensed individuals and ammunition and commercially available loading powders and products used as ammunition.

      (b) (1)   Criminal use of explosives as defined in subsection (a) is a severity level 8, person felony.

      (2)   Criminal use of explosives as defined in subsection (a) if: (A) The possession, manufacture or transportation is intended to be used to commit a crime or is delivered to another with knowledge that such other intends to use such substance to commit a crime; (B) a public safety officer is placed at risk to defuse such explosive; or (C) the explosive is introduced into a building in which there is another human being, is a severity level 6, person felony.

      History:   L. 1969, ch. 180, § 21-3731; L. 1992, ch. 239, § 125; L. 1993, ch. 291, § 84; L. 1994, ch. 348, § 14; L. 1999, ch. 164, § 10; July 1.