The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Just Post@lemmy.world · 2 months agoThe legality of owning a flamethrower by statelemmy.worldimagemessage-square60fedilinkarrow-up1299arrow-down17
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minus-squareBelgdore@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoI assume it’s because it’s hard to come up with a legal definition for flamethrower that doesn’t exclude things like blow torches, and there aren’t a lot of incidents involving flamethrowers
minus-squareRevan343linkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoThe difference isn’t really that complicated; a flamethrower sprays flaming liquid, a blowtorch sprays flaming gas
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah but I can set up my oxy acetylene rig to throw huge beams of fire. To a layman, it’ll look like a flame thrower.
minus-squareZron@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoHardly matters when laws are largely enforced due to reports from the republic. What laymen understand to be true is effectively true when it comes to reporting and the subsequent investigation. I don’t want to be hassled by the cops because I’m cutting stuff in my garage and a nosy neighbor happens to look in when I’m lighting a torch.
I assume it’s because it’s hard to come up with a legal definition for flamethrower that doesn’t exclude things like blow torches, and there aren’t a lot of incidents involving flamethrowers
The difference isn’t really that complicated; a flamethrower sprays flaming liquid, a blowtorch sprays flaming gas
Yeah but I can set up my oxy acetylene rig to throw huge beams of fire. To a layman, it’ll look like a flame thrower.
And a layman would be wrong
Hardly matters when laws are largely enforced due to reports from the republic.
What laymen understand to be true is effectively true when it comes to reporting and the subsequent investigation.
I don’t want to be hassled by the cops because I’m cutting stuff in my garage and a nosy neighbor happens to look in when I’m lighting a torch.