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74novaman wrote:

Bullwhip wrote:Another forum, someone posted the CA law. Even the empty tube is a felony by state law in CA.

Wow. California is such a bastion of forward thinking, brilliant thought. An empty tube is a state felony?

Unless it is posted on this forum, it can not be considered to be true.

gdanaher wrote:So, a 13 year old kid and a 43 year old man who should know better are in possession of a M136. Live or inert, it hardly explains where it was obtained, but I am missing how this is a political issue, unless you are of the mind that everyone should have such a launcher? The BB gun and toy pistol were asides without significance. Nobody appears to be in trouble for having a BB gun. Possessing an inert M136 make take some 'splaining.

The M136 AT4 is a one shot disposable weapon. After the one shot is fired, what is left over is an inert fiberglass tube. In other words, pretty much junk. Junk means no value. Disposable means that it can be thrown away because it can not be reused. If it can't be used, it is not a weapon.

It was probably taken from some military firing range. Technically, unless it was properly disposed, it is may still be government property so it may be "stolen". But IMO, it is a stretch calling it a weapon. Maybe, not a politically motivated article, but one started and perpetuated by incompetence and stupidity.