Posted on 09/21/2016 12:45:23 PM PDT by PROCON
A Baltimore City Council member introduced a replica gun ban Monday criminalizing the possession of any toy or imitation weapon “that can reasonably be perceived to be a real firearm.”
Councilman James Kraft told The Baltimore Sun he sponsored the legislation “to protect the city’s youth.”
In April, city police officers shot 14-year-old Dedric Colvin in the shoulder and leg on a street in East Baltimore. Colvin was carrying a BB gun officers said resembled a semiautomatic pistol.
Similar incidents have unfolded across the country. Last week police officers in Columbus, Ohio, shot and killed 13-year-old Tyree King after the teen pulled a BB gun from his waistband during questioning over a reported armed robbery in the area.
“The easiest way to resolve this is to get the replica guns off the streets,” Kraft said Monday.
The bill punishes possession of replicas — including BB guns, air rifles and pellet guns — with a $250 fine for first offenses and a $1,000 fine for all subsequent offenses. Repeat offenders who are caught more than twice with the replicas face a misdemeanor charge and a maximum 30-day jail sentence.
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Our cat does that exact same movement. She does this in anticipation of a neck rub, and usually get’s it. She has us trained to perfection
I'm sure it would get me killed in a hurry on the street.
It sure scared the sh!t out of the base Transportation Officer when I took it overseas.
So the police shoot people who pull replica guns on them. Therefore, we must ban replica guns to protect the little snowflakes. /liberal logic
Maryland “Freak State” PING!
Almost forgot:
Balmer Nanny State PING, Hon!
We be like, come a long way, from the 50s when very kid played with toy guns. Cowboy guns, and Army guns.
And most kids’ fathers served in the military, taught their kids about guns.
Back then cops probably wouldn’t have fired on a kid with a toy gun, giving it time to come clear one way or the other.
Those cops weren’t trained to shoot to kill if in the slightest scared.
But kids in neighborhoods weren’t like today, either.
Cops need better weapon options, and better training in my view.
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