Tuesday, August 25, 2015

Mayor wants to ban personal flamethrowers

The Mayor of Warren in Michigan, Jim Fouts, wants to see the fires from flamethrowers put out in his city for good.



"This is something that is so potentially dangerous that it's just unacceptable," he says. He's supporting a proposed ordinance that would ban the storage, possession and use of flamethrowers in Warren.

Exceptions include law enforcement and armed forces. Violations would be a misdemeanor with up to 90 days in jail, a $500 fine or both. Fouts says he's not opposed to the right to bear arms.


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However, he's against people being able to buy flamethrowers without anything to prohibit the sale to minors or those with criminal records. Warren city council discussed the proposed ordinance last week, but there's no date set on when the proposed ordinance could go up for a vote.

5 comments:

Qualiall said...

they can take the flamethrower from my hot third degree burned hands

Elagie said...

Who the hell needs a flamethrower?

Anonymous said...

Truly bizarre. Didn't even know "personal flamethrowers" existed. What would be a legitimate use for them? Doing a controlled burn on your wilderness acreage?

Of course, back in college the crazier of us knew how to make an ersatz flamethrower using hairspray and a cigarette lighter. Very dangerous.

Lurker111

Unknown said...

Next time, think twice before saying:
"Hey, Buddy, got a light?"

shak said...

Qualiall - That is hilarious. ^5