I have a “air soft” Baretta replica that is, to my eye, indistinguishable from the real thing. I bought it about 5 years ago, and it has no orange “plug”. I don’t think those are removable, so he might have had an older gun.
I realize how dangerous the “toy” that I have is, and it never leaves the house. I use it for gun safety training to test my kids.
“What do you do?”
“STOP. DON’T TOUCH. TELL AN ADULT!”
What really worries me are the pink and blue CCW guns. Is it a water pistol or a real gun?
It would be pretty easy for a kid to mistake a pink gun for a toy or a cop to hesitate, thinking he was facing a toy.
Guns should look like guns and toys should look like toys.