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Description	English: Flamethrower Junior Size. Lt. Oliver R. Bailey of the San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Office, Stockton, Calif., recently had occasion to examine a new homemade weapon used by juveniles in his area. The weapon—a flamethrower in miniature but with a highly dangerous potential—was found in the possession of a youth arrested by members of the sheriff’s office. The homemade device is a pressurized can of metallic spray paint with a wire extending 6 inches in front of the spray jet and a candle inserted in a loop in the wire. When the candle is lighted and pressure applied to the nozzle, the flame spurts out some 3 to 4 feet from the nozzle of the can. In a southeastern Alaska community, two subteenagers directed a similar-type spray through the flame of a cigarette and started a multithousand-dollar fire in a commercial building.
Date	12 November 1964
Source	FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin, May 1965, Vol. 34, Number 5, Page 19
Author	Federal Bureau of Investigation

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