Don't commit robberies with fake guns in Texas because a lot of Texans have real guns.
On a related note, my 11-yo son received as a gift a Beretta Airsoft gun that looks and feels exactly like a real handgun. It's even made of metal. The orange tip, mandated by federal law, so I've heard, comes right off.
Make sure he knows to drop it if a cop sees him.
“The orange tip, mandated by federal law, so I’ve heard, comes right off.”
For extra fun, put that orange tip on your real Beretta. Might buy you that extra third of a second delay in a bad guy’s mind when he thinks “say, he don’t think he can hurt me with that toy does he?”.
It’s a dirty world.
Also, what would prevent someone painting the tip of a real gun orange?