What can be classified as destructive devices?

Destructive devices are typically classified based on their potential to cause significant harm or destruction. This includes items designed primarily to explode or cause destruction, such as improvised explosive devices (IEDs), bombs, grenades, and various forms of gas. These devices are categorized as destructive because they are intended to inflict damage and pose a serious threat to safety and security, often in a military or terrorist context.

The other options consist of firearms like pistols, revolvers, rifles, and shotguns, which, while they can cause harm, do not fall into the same category as destructive devices. Firecrackers and smoke bombs, although they can cause minor injuries or property damage, are usually not considered destructive devices in the legal sense, as their primary purpose is for entertainment or signaling rather than significant destruction.