[piytar]

Police are also saying that he used a plastic gun in this stick-up. Had he lived, he might have been charged with improper use of a toy.

Not so. In most states, if you commit robbery with a toy gun, you can still be charged with armed robbery.

[diogenes ghost]

Just damn.

Does EVERY post with humor in it have to have a sacasm tag?

Did Captain Obvious rip out you funnybone?

Is your forehead flat from too many "DOH" moments?

[Squawk 8888]

Yep, that’s the law in Canada too. If you point a toy gun at somebody you will be charged with “pointing a firearm”. Under the Criminal Code, anything you present as a firearm is legally a firearm- even if it’s your finger in your pocket.