Or maybe I actually do know more about it than you, people also make explosives every day with no issue, likely you can drive to a neighboring state (unless your state is the neighboring one) and buy some of those small scale explosives for holiday use, or pounds of smokeless powder for reloading, or black powder for the same. Those are what are referred to as “stable” in most cases (aside from the pressure sensative), they won’t explode until you tell them to, typically by ignition (so don’t smoke or make it by candle light, problem solved.) Stuff like armstrongs mix or nitroglycerine however is pretty unstable and that’s where the danger lies, so don’t make that and you’ll be ok unless you’re the idiot who smokes while making explosives.
Oh and I haven’t made em in a long time, I’m old enough to buy em now.