Warren Mayor Jim Fouts has no problem with the second amendment right to bear arms.

He just wants to extinguish any chance to publicly own flamethrowers in his city before a small spark can become a full-blown blaze: literally and figuratively.

It describes a flamethrower as “any transportable device that can emit a burning stream of combustible or flammable liquid at a distance of more than two feet.” It doesn’t include open-flame cooking devices as defined by the International Fire Code, torches used for industrial purposes or smaller flame-producing devices, like cigar lighters. It also makes exceptions for any officers, employees or members of the Armed Forces, law enforcement, fire department or local, state or federal government workers on duty and acting within the scope of his or her employment.

“There’s just no justifiable reason for the public to use this. It shouldn’t be available to the public,” Fouts said. “Anybody can just go to their website and provide credit card information and buy one. Minors could get ahold of a credit card and buy one. You couldn’t do this if you wanted to buy a gun. There are background checks, etc. I have no problem with the Second Amendment. But this is not in the same category as guns or firearms.”

http://www.theoaklandpress.com/general-news/20150819/warren-moves-to-ban-sale-or-possession-of-flamethrowers