Back in 2018 , Elon Musk ’s The Boring Company released a crowd of modified edition fire - throw devices as a bizarre promotional thingumajig for the tunnel - digging inauguration . Officially dubbed “ Not A Flamethrower ” on the company ’s own website , the devices could not , asCNN direct outat the clip , “ spew flames long distances by igniting flammable liquids , ” but were instead designed to act more like “ large propane blowtorches . ”
Apparently , none of that matters much in the eyes of the constabulary — particularly when those same eyes are looking at what seem to be a grown man attempt to board a “ party bus ” in Italy hold what looks precisely like a flamethrower .
In anexcellent writeupover at TechCrunch , author Mark Harris helpfully dives into the legal snafus look by dozens of “ Not A Flamethrower ” owner after law enforcement officer begin a encumbrance of their gargantuan fire - shoot guns . Among the stories featured are those of the said American man ( who was subsequently incarcerate in Italy for nearly a week ) and a London man whose home plate was raided by five police officers in tactical gearing .
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“ Elon Musk ’s Boring Company released a new flamethrower … without any headache to the training of the purchasers or their reasons for buying,”the bill , S1637 , show . “ This bill establishes that owning and using a flamethrower is a criminal human activity , unless it is used for farming , expression or historical collection purposes . These dangerous devices should not be sold to civilian , and use needs to be curtail to check professionals . ”
Although many of the civilian discover by TechCrunch had their Not a flamethrower confiscated by law enforcement out of a concern for public safety , John Richardson — the London man who had his dwelling raided by a rapid reception team dedicate to tackling gun crime — eventually regain possession of his weapon . He state TechCrunch that he intends to keep a low - visibility with the machine for now — at least until he roll in the hay he can make a profit off of it .
“ I ’m happy to sit on it for however long , ” he say . “ And if there is a zombie apocalypse , at least I ’ve got one . ”
manoeuvre over toTechCrunchfor more details that are , unsurprisingly , even stupider and funnier .
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