What stores have ammonium nitrate fertilizer 33 0 0?

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Because ammonium nitrate is known as the chemical most likely to be misused as an explosive, every state with an agriculture industry (all of them) requires every seller to be licensed, and every buyer to present picture ID. Further, every state's ammonium nitrate law allows sellers to refuse to sell this product for any reason without liability to themselves. Essentially, if you're not a farmer who shops at that store all the time, you're not getting any Ammonium Nitrate.


The Department of Homeland Security also intends, if they haven't done it already, to implement a requirement that ammonium nitrate purchasers be licensed, and that sellers have a federal license for it.


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That is not an answer to what he asked... He asked who sells it, not "What are the legal safeguards in place to keep terrorists from obtaining AN?"


So in response to his question:


If you intend to use it for agricultural purposes(where high purity is not an issue), try a feed store or farm supply co-op... Try calling them first- Honestly, your question is too vague- stores where? Where do you live anyway? It may be out of season in your area... Other than farm stores you can get it from instant cold packs (technical grade) or from chemical supply houses if you need very pure reagent or ACS grades, however that is a very expensive option...



If you are intending to use it as an explosive, you can get it from an explosives/blasting supply company, but make sure you first acquire a high explosives user permit from ATF; and do your detonations in a safe, uninhabited area- nearby houses or buildings, for example, can have their windows blown out from the pressure waves from a large enough AN/ANFO explosion (very large explosions (multi-hundred pound quantities,) can even reflect their overpressure off of cloud cover). Also make sure you read up on safety procedures regarding the subject, or we will be reading about another idiot who killed himself because he dropped a cigarette on a case of blasting caps which he left sitting on top of his boosters and a 50lb bag of ANFO...


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I know he asked what stores sell it, but this is the thing: this is a product where anyone who's got a legitimate use for it already knows where to get it. If you're a farmer you know it's a fertilizer and fertilizer comes from Southern States or Cenex. If you're a coal miner you know to call the Gulf Explosives guy or Atlas Powder and they'll bring you all you want. So! This guy is either trying to make a great big bang in the middle of the field because he likes loud noise, or he's going to blow something up.


Besides, ANFO is a horrible explosive if you're not a miner. It doesn't have much brisance compared to something like TNT or gel explosive so you have to use a lot of it, and you have to cap it with dynamite to get it to go off in the first place. Coal miners like it because it's cheaper than dirt and all they need do to get enough explosive power to do the work they need to do is to just drill bigger holes.