It’s because molotovs are classified as a destructive device, like a hand grenade or improvised explosive. So therefore they are regulated like any other weapon. You can actually legally make them if you have the right licenses and you serialized them with the proper paperwork.
wonder if you can serialize a metal ring or something that would survive the bottle breaking and tie a fireproof line to it so you could recover your “legally the destructive device” component from the crime scene and not pay the tax again
it was alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives at some point, maybe still is but everybody just calls it ATF as though those need to go together organizationally
maybe exploding bootlegger stills is relevant to explosives but that feels like a stretch to me
The US has too many fucking polices. Why would the ATF even be involved in this investigation? Was the molotov filled with tobacco?
Nah, fire and an arm was used to throw it. Yeah, that’s the ticket
It’s because molotovs are classified as a destructive device, like a hand grenade or improvised explosive. So therefore they are regulated like any other weapon. You can actually legally make them if you have the right licenses and you serialized them with the proper paperwork.
wonder if you can serialize a metal ring or something that would survive the bottle breaking and tie a fireproof line to it so you could recover your “legally the destructive device” component from the crime scene and not pay the tax again
Could’ve been a Whiskey bottle that was used to make the Molly. That was filled with alcohol at some point
It’s fire and someone threw it with their arm.
it was alcohol tobacco firearms and explosives at some point, maybe still is but everybody just calls it ATF as though those need to go together organizationally
maybe exploding bootlegger stills is relevant to explosives but that feels like a stretch to me