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In the United States, flamethrowers are broadly legal for personal ownership and use. California requires a permit for the possession of a flamethrower, and only Maryland has outright banned their ownership and use. No federal laws exist regarding flamethrowers, as they are not defined as weapons under the National Firearms Act.
Violation of this law is a class D felony. [5] This law was the subject of a challenge, in which a nonviolent felon successfully argued that the law is unconstitutional as applied to him. The law failed muster against the required strict scrutiny test. [6] [7] However, the law was found to be constitutional by the Supreme Court of Missouri. [8]
Gun laws in the United States regulate the sale, possession, and use of firearms and ammunition.State laws (and the laws of the District of Columbia and of the U.S. territories) vary considerably, and are independent of existing federal firearms laws, although they are sometimes broader or more limited in scope than the federal laws.
A longshot candidate for Missouri governor and his supporters describe his use of a flamethrower at a recent “Freedom Fest” event outside St. Louis as no big deal. “From a dramatic sense, if ...
Gomez first made national headlines in February when she set LGBTQ-inclusive books on fire with a flamethrower, pledging to ban such books if she were elected Missouri’s secretary of state.
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Last year, the American Library Association got the most requests to ban books than any year since it started keeping count. From Yvette Walker: