Detonating a nuclear device within the city limits results in a $500 fine.

Comment from asdfghjkl;
Time December 1, 2010 at 6:07 pm

Nooooooo they figured out my plan!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment from Michael Parr
Time January 7, 2011 at 5:56 pm

The real penalty for detonating a nuclear device is death.

Comment from SilverGod
Time January 10, 2011 at 9:40 pm

um one question…..how will they fine you…..the city no longer exists

Comment from jr.
Time January 26, 2011 at 4:20 pm

how will they catch you

Comment from KazoWAR
Time April 2, 2011 at 5:38 am

asdfghjkl;, Michael Parr, SilverGod, and jr., WHERE IN THE WORLD WOULD YOU FIND A NUCLEAR BOMB!? The punishment is death from your own works, you psychopath!!

Comment from Mattorix
Time May 13, 2011 at 5:52 am

Only a $500 fine…phew..thats not too bad

Comment from Alex
Time May 15, 2011 at 7:26 am

Is this a real law or just a joke ?

Comment from hi
Time June 28, 2011 at 8:06 pm

r u kidding??

Comment from Ari
Time July 22, 2011 at 6:50 am

Um… Only a $500 dollar fine…?
REALLY?

Comment from Josh
Time July 25, 2011 at 8:57 am

I know where I’m going when I want to test out my nukes.

Comment from MIZ-ZOU!
Time August 27, 2011 at 2:42 pm

Considering it would cost a lot more than 500 bucks to build a nuke anyway…

Comment from Neckon
Time October 26, 2011 at 1:21 am

This law isn’t stupid.

“Detonating a nuclear device” INCLUDES but is NOT limited to a huge atom bomb.

You can easily build very, very small and harmless reactors with slightly radiating material. Making this small reactor detonate will not harm anyone but it’s still illegal.

Comment from alex
Time April 25, 2012 at 1:03 pm

what the hell is this real?

Comment from Jules
Time May 20, 2012 at 3:46 am

@Neckon — you can’t make such a reactor detonate. For a nuclear device to detonate, you need a critical mass of material, which is typically quite a large amount. It’s actually extremely hard to make a nuclear detonation smaller than the 12kT blast that levelled Hiroshima. To my knowledge, the smallest ever achieved is in the region of 100T. This is about 1% of the power of the Hiroshima weapon. Chico is about a tenth the size of Hiroshima, so such a weapon would likely be able to destroy most of the city.

Comment from FM
Time May 21, 2012 at 6:32 am

Chico is a college town, they had to make this a law!

Comment from honey boo boo
Time January 12, 2013 at 8:00 am

With luck, someone in the future will develop a personal nuclear weapon, and 100s of 1000s of americans will want to be 1st on the block to own one. of all the people in the world, americans are most likely to use them first. the rest of the world can then breath a sigh of relief.

Comment from Californian
Time January 25, 2013 at 1:07 pm

Nukes cost way over $500.

Comment from tit
Time February 5, 2013 at 8:20 pm

If you have enough money to pull this off… I dont think $500 is ANYTHING

Comment from Erocc
Time May 15, 2013 at 11:42 am

Let me find out Neckon passed this stupid law>sarcasm