And you can have one for Xmas for only $900

[apnews.com]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man angry over his neighbors’ parking habits sprayed fire from a commercial flamethrower toward a car with three teenagers inside, police said. No one was hurt.

Andre Abrams, 57, of Gainesville is facing three counts of felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intending to kill, according to court records. He posted a $15,000 bond last week and is awaiting a decision whether prosecutors will formally file criminal charges.

The mother of one of the teens, Ashley Gainey, said Abrams frequently sprayed the flamethrower to scare off guests at her home. Gainey’s daughter, Nate’talya Baker, 16, fled the car with her friends as Abrams continued to spray flames toward them, police said.

“When he shoots it, it lights the whole road up,” Gainey said. “It’s like it’s daylight outside. He’ll do it in the middle of the night.”

In his arrest report, police identified the weapon in the Nov. 30 incident as an XM42 Lite Flamethrower, which shoots flames up to 20 feet and is manufactured by X Products LLC of Vancouver, Washington. It sells for about $900 online.

“You’ve probably wondered if you can own a flamethrower, and guess what? You can!” the company said in a promotional video last year. “No permits or licenses needed.” It said the devices are legal to buy and own in every state except Maryland or California.

The company — which also sells T-shirts identifying the wearer as a “little terrorist” — requires buyers to accept a liability waiver and affirm they were never convicted of a felony, domestic abuse or arson. Abrams was twice convicted of misdemeanor domestic battery after arrests in 2002 and 2004.

It wasn’t clear whether police had seized the flamethrower.

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In the U.S., there are no federal laws regulating the sale of flamethrowers, which are not considered firearms. A congressman in New York introduced a restrictive bill he called “Flamethrowers? Really?” in 2019 but the measure didn’t pass. Florida outlaws the manufacture or sale of shotgun shells called “dragon’s breath” that mimic flamethrowers by shooting a flame or fireball.

Abrams acknowledged that the incident stemmed from a long-running dispute over parking with a neighboring family. Police said he admitted shooting the flamethrower toward the vehicle but denied targeting the teens.

“This family, how could I say this — the worst thing that could ever happen to a neighborhood,” Abrams said. “They’ve had issues with other residents, and it needs to be brought to light.”

The driver of the parked car, Amari Singleton, told police she and her two passengers saw Abrams approach them with the flamethrower and begin spraying fire. Police said flames came within five feet of the vehicle as they escaped using the passenger’s side door.

“You better not burn up my car,” Singleton said, according to police.

Gainey, the mother of one of the teens, said she confronted him during the incident.

“He shot it toward them,” she said. “When I got to the door, he was still shooting it. I asked him, ‘What is your effin’ problem?’”

Was it one of Elon Musk's "Not A Flamethrower?"

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If a flame thrower isn't considered a firearm then language has lost all meaning!

*Does not apply to non-whites!

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San Antonio, TX (in the old city)


"All that is required for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
“Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented." - Eli Weisel

"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." - Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it." - Billy Graham 1981

"Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise" - Barry Goldwater

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RgrF
If a flame thrower isn't considered a firearm then language has lost all meaning!

No projectile and explosive propellant. They are basically weed burners with a different shape.

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Compressed gas or spring powered BB/pellet rifles or pistols aren't firearms either. "According to the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, if gas pressurization is achieved through mechanical gas compression rather than through chemical propellant combustion, then the device is technically an air gun, not a firearm.[55]"

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The police have no duty to respond. See Castle Rock v. Gonzales, 545 U.S. 748 (2005) or Warren v. District of Columbia[1] (444 A.2d. 1, D.C. Ct. of Ap. 1981)

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That'll keep those damned kids off his lawn........

No projectile and explosive propellant.

Maybe I'm wrong, but I saw RgrF's comment as a clever play on words.


That'll keep those damned kids off his lawn........

Plant several of them around the lawn as motion activated tiki torches.

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I am that Masked Man.

Your boos mean nothing to me, I've seen what you cheer for.

Insisting on your rights without acknowledging your responsibilities isn’t freedom, it’s adolescence.

I've been to the edge of the map, and there be monsters.

We are a government of laws, not men.

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

When a good man is hurt,
all who would be called good
must suffer with him.

You and I have memories longer than the road that stretches out ahead.

There is no safety for honest men except
by believing all possible evil of evil men.

We don’t do focus groups. They just ensure that you don’t offend anyone, and produce bland inoffensive products. —Sir Jonathan Ive

An armed society is a polite society.
And hope is a lousy defense.

You make me pull, I'll put you down.

I *love* SIGs. It's Glocks I hate.

...and thus the USA gave the rest of the world a yet another reason to laugh.

I'm getting tired of being an international laughing stock.

OK,that’s it - I’m putting in an order for a couple of bazookas today. A man has the right to defend himself, right?

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Where is there dignity unless there is also honesty? - Cicero

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. —Wendy Mass

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Ammo
OK,that’s it - I’m putting in an order for a couple of bazookas today. A man has the right to defend himself, right?

It’s a perfect combination of home defense weapon and homeland defense equipment. Good for both home and battle.

If we truly need AR-15’s and flamethrowers to protect ourselves in our own homes, something is truly sick with our value system as a country.

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S. Pupp
If we truly need AR-15’s and flamethrowers to protect ourselves in our own homes, something is truly sick with our value system as a country.

You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment.

Paul

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S. Pupp
If we truly need AR-15’s and flamethrowers to protect ourselves in our own homes, something is truly sick with our value system as a country.

Many people believe that all the minorities are coming for their wives & daughters.

No idea why they think that. I mean, who could be responsible?

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Lux Interior

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S. Pupp
If we truly need AR-15’s and flamethrowers to protect ourselves in our own homes, something is truly sick with our value system as a country.

Many people believe that all the minorities are coming for their wives & daughters.

No idea why they think that. I mean, who could be responsible?

It's not about protecting those wives and daughters. It's about masking their own insecurities.

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Janit

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Lux Interior

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S. Pupp
If we truly need AR-15’s and flamethrowers to protect ourselves in our own homes, something is truly sick with our value system as a country.

Many people believe that all the minorities are coming for their wives & daughters.

No idea why they think that. I mean, who could be responsible?

It's not about protecting those wives and daughters. It's about masking their own insecurities.

If you were meagerly endowed it used to be enough to drive a ginormous car.