And yet somehow I feel this might not be the best path forward.

Well… let’s try it out for a little and see what happens.

Typically without solid training what happens is the weapon gets turned on the wrong person.

But, for the sake of a good time we can imagine some asshole pervs getting lit up like a cigar. Heh heh. Awesome.

Honestly, I hope it is more deterrent than anything else

Idk, having something that could melt metal from a safe distance as a deterrent seems a bit overkill. But don’t take my word for it, I might be overreacting.

It’s just running on butane - it won’t have enough heat mass to melt metal (and produce any notable flames). Probably it won’t do much more to a person than startle the hell out of them and maybe ignite their hair.