Unlimited Ferguson Thread of police state nightmare fuel.

[The Johnny]

Flamethrowers as biological warfare are supposedly banned practices.

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Californians just would not keep their nozzles clean.

[The Good Reverend Roger]

What about flamethrowers?

I think they're considered "any other weapon" and are legal pretty much anywhere but California and a few other states.

Fun fact, a hand-cranked gatling gun is technically semi-automatic, and doesn't require any special permits to own.

Not legal in Arizona, so probably not legal anywhere.  My state is insane.

[Cain]

I'm a little surprised at that.  One of those small kitchen flamethrowers would be easy to conceal-carry on a person, which I would've thought is the only reason Arizona wouldn't allow flamethrowers in the first place - not out of concern for safety, but because they're cumbersome.

Then again, being out of the shade in most of the state probably has the same overall effect as a kitchen flamethrower, so they might have taken that into account.

[von]

What about flamethrowers?

I think they're considered "any other weapon" and are legal pretty much anywhere but California and a few other states.

Fun fact, a hand-cranked gatling gun is technically semi-automatic, and doesn't require any special permits to own.

They're not Any other Weapons. AoWs are defined right off the bat as being able to discharge a shot through the energy of an explosive...flamethrowers don't do this, thus they aren't regulated as AoWs.
They're 100% unregulated at the federal level...as they should be: I mean really, regulating them makes about as much sense as regulating chainsaws or machetes. They're agricultural tools.

[von]

I'm a little surprised at that.  One of those small kitchen flamethrowers would be easy to conceal-carry on a person, which I would've thought is the only reason Arizona wouldn't allow flamethrowers in the first place - not out of concern for safety, but because they're cumbersome.

Then again, being out of the shade in most of the state probably has the same overall effect as a kitchen flamethrower, so they might have taken that into account.

Well, arizona (and cali, the other state I know of that's banned them) is a state with an arid climate, and flame throwers are largely used as defoliants in the US.

Wouldn't it make sense to ban something that could start a wild fire in such an arid climate?

[Cain]

No, because that implies Arizona's politics make sense.

[von]

No, because that implies Arizona's politics make sense.

that's a whole nother can a worms right there...

still, something about broken clocks being right at least once during the day.

[Bruno]

The cop that shoved Don Lemon has been suspended, but not because of that. Because of a video of a speech he made at an Oathkeepers' meeting.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/22/dan-page-st-louis-police-officer_n_5702000.html

[Cain]

You mean the Oathkeepers sworn to protect America from tyrannical government?   

[von]

You mean the Oathkeepers sworn to protect America from tyrannical government?   

That group (and radical constitutionalists) irks my nerves like fuck.

They claim to be about upholding enlistment oaths, ostensibly by resisting the federal government.
But in the text of the enlistment oath, it specifically states that one is to follow the orders of the president and all officers appointed above oneself...

[Bruno]

You mean the Oathkeepers sworn to protect America from tyrannical government?   

To be fair, the Qathkeepers do seem to be distancing themselves from this guy.

[Cain]

Yeah, but is that because he's a dickweed, or because he's bad press?  I somehow suspect if this hadn't been made public, they'd do fuck all.

Just for comparison, check out the response of most militias to Bundy Ranch, and compare with the response to Ferguson.  I mean, it doesn't take a genius to figure out what their concern in all this is.

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You mean the Oathkeepers sworn to protect America from tyrannical government?   

[Bruno]

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