I like to concept of deterring bad guys with the appearance of a reachable weapon, its just that when I reach for it, I’d like it to be racked and ready to fire.
A fake gun would be useful in some circumstances, and lethal to its owner in others.
I was taught that pointing an unloaded gun at someone will get one killed.
I want one. I have a neighbor who has been disagreeable, and it would be fun.
The only time I ever want to look like I have a gun is when I actually have a gun and it will be loaded, cocked and aimed at the threat...
To those who do..
You will not shoot your eye out.
It’ll create an interesting problem for cops. When they confront such a guy with one....they will want to confiscate it. But under what law do you take away a guy’s fake decoy gun? There is no such law.
Immediately, the cop will be on record....as the guy who took a fake gun, making him look awful foolish among his peers. Within weeks, he’ll be disturbed about this and likely seek mental health treatment.
Personally, I think it’ll make people start to think about the whole big picture.
Uuuuummm....no...hell no.
1. You are very likely to get shot by an underpaid, undertrained, underballed le on some podunk pd.
2. You are gonna be the first one shot by a serious bad guy.
Even when im toting...im concealed. I dont want the target seeing my firearm till he is about to be dead.
>> I would like to see a video of an overzealous officer attempting to “disarm” someone who is carrying one of these.
However I’d rather *not* see video of someone getting shot by a cop because of one of these.
Birds aside, I don’t see how this can be an advantage. Street savages are not like the little animals that hawks prey on.
Consider how many stories I’ve read: “police shoot chocolate lab”, “police shoot golden retriever”, I don’t want to confuse the police with a fake gun.
It might get you killed but hey, it’s cheap!
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I just hope the decoy is heavy enough so you can at least use like a club to beat some fool to death.
This has to be one of the definitions of insanity.
” without having to shell out hundreds(sometimes $1000’s) of dollars for something that statistics show probably will not and/or should not be used.”
An unusual thing for a combat vet to say, especially a Marine. This sounds a little strange to me.
I’m reminded of when cell phones first came out and had the little pigtail shaped antenna on the rear window, people would buy a fake antenna to make others impressed with their status. There were stories of emergencies and victims begging the showoff to call for help, but he would have to admit it was all a sham. About as useful as a fake handgun.
In WWII, the OSS taught its agents that almost anything can be used as a weapon.
If, for whatever reason, you want to have a mimic weapon like this, it would behoove you to also carry a real weapon. This would assume you are in some odd place where real weapons are forbidden, yet mimic weapons are acceptable.
But, following that logic, if you have a mimic weapon, your real weapon should not look like a weapon, to the point where you can get a cursory pat search and they would not be able to identify and take it from you.
Bottom line: this is more trouble than it is worth.
I’d want a fake .500 Smith with an 8” barrel. That way you could drill it and load it with lead shot, and when you’re accosted you could use it as a club, beating the perp into a bloody, brain-spattered coma with shards of bone sticking out, shrieking in a primal scream as you pulverize his entire cranium with that and your steel-toed boots. And best of all, you don’t have to be one of those awful, violent Gun People.
He should probably consider the chances he will be accosted by a feral urban “yout” who is under the influence and calls his bluff out of stupidity. Then what? Does he become yet another statistic? Where’s the fun in that?