I want a reliable flame thrower too.
Oddly, flamethrowers are completely unregulated - so you can a bunch of them!
They are Nice!
Just buy one. Unless you live in California or Maryland, they are not controlled. Flamethrowers are used in agriculture, for sugarcane harvesting among other uses.
(An AR-15 is probably much more useful for home defense, though.)
no problem: Them thar bazzokers wuz legal until Govt infringed in 1946 and 1968.
viz.
“Thompson ..shot two japanese manning the weapon. One dead Japanese was a marine officer, pausing only long enoughto take the officer`s saber and pistol as souvenirs.
Incidentally these New York boys on Makin are champion souvenir collectors.
They do not search back over a battlefield when the fighting is over to pick up treasures.
They get them the first time through - under fire.”
NY Times Nov 28 1943
“Louis Maloney rec`d letter from Walter Bishop somewhere in South Pacific, WW2:... ‘I picked up a few souvenirs while I was over here. I have a Jap rifle and a bayonet...” Essex County Republican. 1944
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ELIZABETHTOWN
Frank A. Stevens has received numerous souvenirs from his son, Durand, who is a Sergeant attached to the Signal Corps in the South-west Pacific. They consist of shell and woods and money; a flame thrower; a flag; a telephone, and many other items of interest.”
‘Essex County Republican’ Mar 3, 1944, p1
“Crown Point Soldier Sends Souvenirs Home-
Pfc. Roy S. Marsha , son of Mr. & Mrs. George Marsh, Crown Point, has sent a German pack, Italian bayonet, two Italian knives, with fascist insignia on the case, an Italian pistol, ...” Essex County Republican. 1945
Then this happened:
” Registration of guns is a nationwide program. Investigations made in recent months under the National Firearms Act have a bearing on the risk and problem of exceptionally dangerous war trophy weapons, brought or shipped to this country by veterans falling into unauthorized hands by theft or unrecorded transfer and being put to unlawful uses never intended or contemplated by the veteran. “
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“I want a reliable flame thrower too.”
Don’t repeat off this board - it will just cause liberals to worry. But, you can own a flame thrower. There are no federal restrictions against it. Some states probably prohibit them.
Tanks? Yes they are federally legal too but you have to register and pay a tax if the guns are live. Each round of ammunition for the main gun requires a tax too.
But yes, tanks and machine guns (a limited number) can be legally bought and sold in the U.S. if the paperwork is done properly.