Just when I think that can't get any dumber, they go ahead and prove me wrong. What next? dressing up as an abortionist with a doll covered in blood? Why not dress up as Ten Bundy.
going to stop now as I'm only giving them ideas.
My first thought was also of the "Polictical Correctness" angle.
But as I thought about it my mind turned more to the inherent dangers. It's along the lines of police having to shoot a kid pointing a gun at them---how were they to know it was a toy gun? What about kids going into a 7-11 dressed as robbers with bandanas over their faces and toy guns? Is the clerk to assume they're just trick or treaters?
Which brings me to my point: If this is acceptable, then Halloween just became the #1 best day for suicide bombers to strike. Hey! It's just a costume! BOOM!
It's sad, but we really are our own worst enemies.