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Detroit-area mayor seeks citywide ban on personal flamethrowers due to safety concerns
Fox News ^ | August 19, 2015 | Associated Press

Posted on 08/20/2015 12:35:21 PM PDT by jmcenanly

DETROIT – A suburban Detroit official is trying to extinguish the use of personal flamethrowers, which are being sold online by two Midwest companies, in his city.

The companies, located in the Detroit area and Cleveland, claim their devices can be used for recreation or to control weeds and insect hives, clear snow and ice, clear brush and start a bonfire.

Warren Mayor Jim Fouts calls the proposed uses "pretty specious" and "silly," the Detroit Free Press reported. Fouts wants to ban the storage, use and possession of flamethrowers in Warren because he believes the devices are dangerous and could damage property and cause house fires, injury or death.

"You know something like this will be used by bad people for bad things," Fouts said, adding that he thought it was "unthinkable" such a device would be sold to the general public.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; US: Michigan
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To: RckyRaCoCo
My normal policy is to shrink these oversized pics down, but in this case I just have to leave it as is:


41 posted on 08/20/2015 1:05:32 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: Salgak

That is cool!


42 posted on 08/20/2015 1:06:49 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: Gamecock

Except with a muzzie space needle in the middle with a raghead on top singing the Ooga Booga Snackbar he likes so much ;)


43 posted on 08/20/2015 1:07:43 PM PDT by GoneSalt (+NooB+"I STAND WITH DONALD TRUMP-HE'S TERRIFIC-HE'S BRASH-HE SPEAKS THE TRUTH"~TED CRUZ~)
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To: jmcenanly

What good is life without a personal flamethrower?


44 posted on 08/20/2015 1:09:40 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie ( Megyn made the debate about her petty gripe. She failed miserably. She choked, choked like a dog!)
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To: Red Badger

Try styrofoam.....much cheaper than TIDE.......


That’ll work too!

Always had Tide around. Didn’t always have any Styrofoam.


45 posted on 08/20/2015 1:12:46 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: jmcenanly

If Obama had a flame-thrower......


46 posted on 08/20/2015 1:13:06 PM PDT by billyboy15
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To: billyboy15

For right now his pen does just fine.


47 posted on 08/20/2015 1:16:04 PM PDT by Gamecock (Many Atheists: "There is no God and I hate Him!")
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To: Gamecock; dfwgator; jmcenanly
Shouldn't we save space by putting these images in the same post?


48 posted on 08/20/2015 1:16:51 PM PDT by Slyfox (If I'm ever accused of being a Christian, I'd like there to be enough evidence to convict me)
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To: chaosagent

Packing peanuts, coffee cups, packing materials from new equipment, it’s all over the place...............................


49 posted on 08/20/2015 1:18:21 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Jeff Chandler
Them!' is one of the most famous giant animal movies, about giant ants ...

You must be joking!

Movie vs. Book: Empire of the Ants

GIANT ANTS ATTACK WHITBY!

Giant Ant Kiss...probably not a real good idea

Stop, that tickles!

50 posted on 08/20/2015 1:20:12 PM PDT by ETL (ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
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To: Red Badger

Packing peanuts, coffee cups, packing materials from new equipment, it’s all over the place.

_______________________________________________________

That was a followup to another reply of mine about using one on my uncle’s farm in early 60’s.

Wasn’t near as much Styrofoam around then.


51 posted on 08/20/2015 1:20:35 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
I remember an old Lassie show in which a farmer uses a flame thrower to control a locust infestation. I understand Detroit is full of locusts that need to be controlled.

So is Washington D.C.

Time to "burn the bitch down."

52 posted on 08/20/2015 1:24:00 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: jmcenanly

So will they stop selling aerosol cans and matches in Detroit?


53 posted on 08/20/2015 1:26:42 PM PDT by rfreedom4u (Chris Stevens won't be running for president.)
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To: Salgak

Bkmk


54 posted on 08/20/2015 1:27:01 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Jeff Chandler; tanknetter
Harbor Freight should be selling knockoffs in the $30-$40 range in a couple months.

Yeah, but you just know the trigger will fail or the sites will fall off after a couple uses.

Everyone knows that you have to make a few additional modifications to Harbor Freight tools to get them to work right. But once you fabricate the new muzzle, pump, tubing, tank, seals, trigger, starter, and connectors, that Harbor Freight knock-off will kick some serious....

55 posted on 08/20/2015 1:28:23 PM PDT by FateAmenableToChange
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To: WayneS

Hah! Berry, Nagin and DeBlasio came instantly to mind-they should have warning labels...


56 posted on 08/20/2015 1:30:44 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: jmcenanly

They are going to ban them based on the number of drive bys done by them.


57 posted on 08/20/2015 1:39:03 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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To: 300winmag

Don’t tell that to the gang bangers in Detroit-they’ll find a way, and use it to burn down what is left of the place...

As kids, when my cousins and I drew pear burning from the list of ranch chores, we played war with the things when we got bored, but after a couple of weeks, a cousin got pissed because she wasn’t invited to play and dropped the dime on us-the adults put an end to unsupervised pear burning after that...


58 posted on 08/20/2015 1:43:49 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: FateAmenableToChange

Waaaiiittt a minute.

You all don’t think I’m crazy/suicidal enough to actually USE the thing, do you?

Well, other than one or two times. I full view of the neighborhood kids. Just to let them know I have one.

Otherwise it just makes my garage pegboard look that much more awesome by hanging on it.


59 posted on 08/20/2015 1:49:27 PM PDT by tanknetter
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To: WayneS

Can’t you make a poor man’s napalm out of gasoline and liquid dish soap?


60 posted on 08/20/2015 1:53:50 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan ('Zionists crept into my home and stole my shoe' - Headline)
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