Michigan mayors proposes ban on personal flamethrowers

[daneel]

Sounds like more for weeding:

TV: Lobbyist claims Monsanto Roundup ingredient Glyphosate is safe to drink, then refuses to drink it

If it kills weeds or bugs, you probably should not have it anywhere near you. It probably shouldn’t be within ten miles of a growing child or flowing surface waters. The things we call pests are very very difficult to kill, or they wouldn’t be pestiferous. Personally, I control invasive weeds with a propane flamethrower. If I could get one that didn’t use fossil fuels, I would. Fire is cleansing. If I could go back in time and murder Paracelsus before his stupid aphorism became a meme, I …

There is no precedent

I have one; I got it for my birthday. My wife ordered it online and it came in the mail. Totally not kidding. I can shoot blue fire more than ten feet, orange out to near thirty on a still day. A stream that provides water to the closest town runs right through my yard. I am unwilling to use toxic chemicals on the property to deal with the invasive species that come downstream so I torch 'em. It’s pretty effective on bur cucumber, porcelain berry, russian olive, oriental bittersweet, etc.…

Tarantula hawks swarm San Antonio

There was a big yellowjacket nest in a pile of old cedar shingles in the yard, and they were stinging people on occasion. They won’t fly at night, so I went out and tossed a match in there, and stood back to watch the nasty suckers roast. (It was dry cedar shingles, so no need to unlimber my flamethrower.) Yeah, they don’t fly at night. However, they will walk 30 feet in the dark in order to climb your boots and get up inside your pants leg.