§ 30-68. Scope.

This article shall apply to the manufacture, possession, storage, sale, transportation and use of explosives and blasting agents, except that nothing in this article shall be construed as applying to:

A. 

The Armed Forces of the United States or the state militia.

B. 

Explosives in forms prescribed by the Official United States Pharmacopeia.

C. 

The sale or use of fireworks.

D. 

The possession, transportation and use of small arms ammunition or special industrial explosive devices.

E. 

The possession, storage, transportation and use of not more than 15 pounds of smokeless powder and 1,000 small arms primers for hand loading of small arms ammunition for personal use.

F. 

The manufacture, possession, storage and use of not more than 15 pounds of explosives or blasting agents in educational, governmental or industrial laboratories for instructional or research purposes when under direct supervision of experienced, competent persons.

G. 

The transportation and use of explosives or blasting agents by the United States Bureau of Mines, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Secret Service or Police and Fire Departments acting in their official capacity.