One State Seeks To Outlaw Elon Musk’s Flamethrower

By Tom Knighton

Elon Musk’s The Boring Company has a product that’s setting the world on fire…both figuratively and literally. He’s apparently sold over $5 million worth of the devices, despite them having a much shorter flame than most conventional flamethrowers are capable of. But then again, he’s not really selling a weapon. He’s selling a glorified toy, albeit a dangerous one.

However, leave it to California to want to kill the fun.

The $500 black and white rifle-like torch device was hyped by the Tesla and SpaceX tech mogul who announced that $5 million worth were sold by Monday. However, California Assemblyman Miguel Santiago, a Los Angeles Democrat, said if he gets his way it’s not going to happen.

“We don’t allow people to walk in off the street and purchase military-grade tanks or armor-piercing ammunition … I cannot even begin to imagine the problems a flamethrower would cause firefighters and police officers alike,” said Santiago in a statement.

Though it is possible Musk is playing an elaborate prank — which Santiago points out — the lawmaker has introduced placeholder legislation to ban the devices should they prove to exist.

There are no federal laws that I’m aware …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms