Venta y uso ilegal de extintores de fuego en Pensilvania

Explicación Simple

En Pensilvania, no puedes usar ciertos extintores de fuego en escuelas o autobuses porque son peligrosos. También está prohibido vender gasolina en frascos de vidrio y usar dispositivos incendiarios, como cócteles molotov.

Es como tener un cuchillo muy afilado en la cocina: puede ser útil, pero si no lo usas con cuidado, puede causar un gran desastre.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene un restaurante y decide comprar extintores de fuego que contienen un químico peligroso. Si las autoridades descubren esto, Juan podría enfrentar problemas legales porque esos extintores no son seguros para su negocio.

Penalidades

Las violaciones pueden resultar en ofensas menores, con posibles multas o sanciones.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

18 Pa.C.S. 7304 - Illegal Sale Or Use Of Certain Fire Extinguishers (a) Use prohibited.--It shall be unlawful for any building used for private, public or parochial school purposes, or any bus being used for the transportation of school children, to be equipped with or to have available for use a fire extinguisher containing carbon tetrachloride, and any person having immediate control over such buildings or buses, who permits them to be so equipped or to have such fire extinguishers available for use therein, is guilty of a summary offense. (b) Sale prohibited.--Whoever sells any portable fire extinguisher containing carbon tetrachloride, chlorobromomethane, or methyl bromide, knowing it is intended for use in a single or multiple family dwelling or a hospital, rest-home, school, theater or other building generally open to the public, is guilty of a summary offense. 18 Pa.C.S. 7305 - Sale Of Gasoline In Glass Container § 7305. Sale of gasoline in glass container. A person is guilty of a summary offense if he sells gasoline in a glass container. 18 Pa.C.S. 7306 - Incendiary Devices (a) Offense defined.--A person is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree if he owns, manufactures, sells, transfers, uses or possesses any incendiary device or similar device or parts thereof, including but not limited to a "molotov cocktail." (b) Exception.--The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to authorized personnel of the United States, the Commonwealth or any political subdivision, who use incendiary devices as part of their duties. (c) Definition.--As used in this section the phrase "incendiary device" means any inflammable liquid enclosed in a readily breakable container that can be equipped with an igniter of any type. 18 Pa.C.S. 7307 - Out-of-st