California legislators have failed to pass a bill restricting sales of Tesla owner Elon Musk’s puzzling new product — a recreational flamethrower — following opposition from gun lobbyists. Musk claims his Boring Co. has sold out of its first batch of 20,000 flamethrowers at $500 a pop. He calls the product “Not a Flamethrower” because it’s nothing like military or heavy-duty commercial flamethrowers used for things like agriculture clearing. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) January 28, 2018Musk has called them “a super terrible idea” in his own marketing promos. Firefighters backed the bill; gun lobbyists didn’t.

Source: Huffington Post June 02, 2018 00:33 UTC