Posted on 01/30/2018 1:22:25 PM PST by nickcarraway
Elon Musk, the mastermind behind PayPal, Tesla and SpaceX, has another innovative product up his sleeve: a $500 flamethrower.
Musk announced the flamethrower on Saturday, after weeks of teasing a possible flamethrowing product for his newest venture, The Boring Company. The Boring Co.’s mission is to excavate a low-cost, but fast-digging tunnel through Los Angeles to help alleviate its notorious car traffic.
Musk’s announcements on Instagram and Twitter about the flamethrower have all been in tongue-in-cheek tone, but his legions of followers have lapped up the chance to buy a flamethrower from The Boring Co. More than 2,000 people have pre-ordered the device so far, according to Musk on Twitter.
Pre-orders are expected to ship in the spring, according to The Boring Co.’s website.
“When the zombie apocalypse happens, you’ll be glad you bought a flamethrower,” tweeted Musk. “Works against hordes of the undead or your money back!”
The California Health and Safety Codes 12750 to 12761 outline that owning or selling flamethrowers is illegal without a permit granted from the state fire marshal, joining Maryland as the only two states in the country to have flamethrower regulations.
California has defined flamethrowers as “any nonstationary and transportable device designed or intended to emit or propel a burning stream of combustible or flammable liquid a distance of at least 10 feet.”
But since The Boring Co.’s flamethrower emits fire less than the defined 10 feet, it did not have to get a permit to sell, according to the company’s spokesman.
“Flamethrowers that shoot a flame over 10 feet long require a permit in (California),” the spokesman said in an email. “This flamethrower projects a flame that is shorter than 10 feet and as such does not require a permit.”
(Excerpt) Read more at mercurynews.com ...
Musk get s more free advertisement. It’s the kind of thing Trump used to do, maybe better.
Never bring a short range flame thrower to a gun fight. Knife fight ok.
Leave it to the castrated Democrats to object to men buying flame throwers.
Less than 10 feet?...................More like a Flame Spitter...................
Haha. Yea. Post that pic of the black Antifa/BLM dude using a home made flame thrower on a real American.
The flame looks to be 3ft and barely hot enough to warm up a room.
How are you supposed to BBQ zombies with that?
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Forney-500-000-BTU-Uni-Flame-Weed-Burner-1723/205694686
Hank Scorpio from The Simpsons.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.