It's nice to know we have such smart people here on FR. It really makes me feel safer. The next time somebody has a gun pointed at you, I'll wait to make sure it's not a toy before I fire my weapon at the perp.
This is the equivilancy of pointng a cardboard tube in broad daylight at someone.
The guerilla marketers did this without a hitch in over a dozen cities. These things look nothing like bombs.
How many bomb scares do you call in when you see somone drop a can of coke on the sidewalk?