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It was black, it was shotgun shaped, and the kid was pointing it at other cars in the new world of drive-by shooting. Maybe you’re not familiar with the crime reports down here but the locals are. The kid is lucky that some good old boy didn’t cap his arse or that some other driver catching the barrel of something pointed at them didn’t slam on their brakes and cause a multi-car pile up, perhaps with fatalities. But dad is laughing it off. I didn’t say punish the kid, I said punish the dad. I stand by that.

I agree.

I had very real looking cap guns back in the 80's and remember to this day driving down the freeway and streets in Tampa firing the gun out the window while my dad drove. My dad told me to quit because it wasn't something smart to do(even in 1985).

I look back now and see how incredibly stupid it was to be waving a cap gun, that was an exact replica of a .357 magnum, out the window and firing it. Didn't quite understand the big deal back then, but obeyed my dad. Of course, mom about freaked out when dad told her("what, are you crazy, someone could shoot you!!! They don't know its fake, and its making a bang sound). I don't think my father would have laughed it off if we were stopped, and the cop would have probably just had a little talk with me and him and sent us on our way.