:continues her devil's advocate work, in wondering whether someone might call boiling water a weapon:

I don't know of many battery operated teakettles, but I used to have a battery thing that could jump the car and also had a plug for short term otherstuff use. (I still have it but have somehow lost the charging cord.) Anyway, a bunch of those might let folk plug in electric kettles. The solar things that can charge a laptop -- are they strong enough to power a kettle? I'm sorta figuring not...