Posted on 05/03/2008 4:35:37 PM PDT by Redcitizen
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to try going beyond gun control and cracking down on fake firearms.
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OK!! I give up. You win. =)
“Deberry said he wants to prevent incidents like one last year in which a 12-year-old boy was killed in West Memphis, Ark. DeAunta Farrow was shot by a police officer who said he thought the boy was carrying a gun and that the youngster refused to obey orders to halt. Investigators later said DeAunta had a toy gun.”
Almost happened to my kid. There at least needs to be an age limit.
Before passing new laws they should check the existing laws already on the books. In Canada, if you point a fake gun at somebody you can be charged with “pointing a firearm”, because in the eyes of the law if your intention is to make people believe you are armed then you are armed.
I can believe it. Back when I was doing security work, some joker asked me what I would do if he pulled a gun, then he reached into his jacket where he had a water pistol in the pocket. The moron then complained to the cops about me drawing my sidearm, and they none-too-politely informed him that he was lucky to be alive.
Banning toy guns is not enough.
We must ban rubber knives that look realistic as well.
Zero tolerance must be the rule.
Life terms for little kids playing cops and robbers with toy guns in the yard. Or cowboys and Indians.
Also, all kitchen knives must be banned. If it saves just one life....
So, we got to ban cars asap!
Did you speak with your child about what almost happened?
“There at least needs to be an age limit.”
There is an age limit, its called the parent telling the kid not to play with things like that. I don’t mean to point fingers but we don’t need any more govt involvement in this.
“Did you speak with your child about what almost happened?”
After the cop and his father. I took bigger chunks out of his butt than they did. He also lost all privileges of any kind for a month. He made the decision to confine his activities involving Air Soft guns to the back yard himself.
The point is, these toy guns are dangerous in more ways than one. And despite limits established by parents, things can happen.
That said, I’ve never forbidden my sons or my daughter for that matter from playing with toy guns. I did however make sure that they understood they were toys, suitable for make believe play, not something to run around waving as if they were the real thing.
And yes, for the doubters, the AirSoft guns do look real after dark. If they think they can tell the difference I’d be interested in hearing how.
theres a local airsoft place here in nm. Its customer base consists of alot of kids and some adults. I wouldn’t trust some of those kids with a .22 rifle.
I took some friendly fire to say the least. But it was good to play those airsoft games.
Dingbat liberal females will support the banning of toy guns by 99.9999%.
There are some things liberal females should not be allowed to do - No. 1 is raising kids. No. 2 is voting.
“Deberry said he wants to prevent incidents like one last year in which a 12-year-old boy was killed in West Memphis, Ark. DeAunta Farrow was shot by a police officer who said he thought the boy was carrying a gun and that the youngster refused to obey orders to halt. Investigators later said DeAunta had a toy gun.”
Gee...a kid...with a toy gun?
How about we dont go around shooting kids with toy guns....unless one actually takes a shot at you...
“I did however make sure that they understood they were toys, suitable for make believe play, not something to run around waving as if they were the real thing.”
How does one pretend to have a gun....and NOT run around waving it as though it was the real thing?
Isnt that what kids do?
I know we did...
Hell...we even used to yell “BANG”...
I dont recall one kid ever getting shot by a cop....
“Before passing new laws they should check the existing laws already on the books. In Canada, if you point a fake gun at somebody you can be charged with “pointing a firearm”, because in the eyes of the law if your intention is to make people believe you are armed then you are armed.”
Please dont use Canada as a reasonable example of anything...
“I dont recall one kid ever getting shot by a cop....”
Have you actually SEEN some of the “toy” guns available today?
And if so, could tell IN THE DARK whether they were real or not? Or even in the daylight. These aren’t cap pistols we’re talking about.
“”Have you actually SEEN some of the “toy” guns available today?””
Yes...I have also seen many of the real ones available...
“And if so, could tell IN THE DARK whether they were real or not? Or even in the daylight. These aren’t cap pistols we’re talking about.”
Well..Gee...I happen to carry a REAL gun around all the time...
Mere possesion of a weapon..or FAKE weapon...isnt acceptible grounds to shoot someone dead..
Neither is pulling out your wallet...*cough*
“Mere possesion of a weapon..or FAKE weapon...isnt acceptible grounds to shoot someone dead..”
If that person carrying that fake weapon points at you after you’ve told them to drop it, then what? Do you guess whether it’s real or not?
That’s the point.
Visiting my summer house in PA when I was a kid, my brother and I got yelled at by a cop for shooting at cars with waterguns that looked like fish.
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