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Orange tipped toy guns.... A good idea gone bad.
Tucson Gun Rights Examiner ^
| 03/05/2010
| Gun Rights ExaminerChris Woodard
Posted on 03/07/2010 2:52:45 PM PST by Copernicus
To further add to the mix, a considerable amount of the criminal element are now painting the tips of their ‘Real Weapons’ with an orange tip. It’s easy to understand their reasoning. Once again, Law Enforcement find themselves in a deeper hole. Ironically, if this criminal who has no criminal record and is allowed to own this weapon in the first place, there is no law preventing him from painting the tip of his real gun orange in the attempt to make it appear as a toy.
You would think that this would be the end. Not so.
We also have several so called law abiding citizens complete with Concealed Carry Permits who are also painting the tips of their weapons orange. The worst offender is an individual named Leonard Embody.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
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Truth be told there is no such thing as a toy gun. This was not a problem in the past because children as young as 10 or 12 were in possession of BB Guns or single shot .22's and everyone recognized the importance of proper behaviour.
Nowadays, in the name of "safety" the urban landscape is cluttered with uncertainty and no one is really safe.
Best regards to all,
To: Copernicus
Kids are painting their orange tips “blued” color for authenticity.
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posted on
03/07/2010 2:55:51 PM PST
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: Joe Brower
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posted on
03/07/2010 2:56:04 PM PST
by
Fiddlstix
(Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
To: Copernicus
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posted on
03/07/2010 2:56:33 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
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posted on
03/07/2010 2:59:38 PM PST
by
TornadoAlley3
(Obama is everything Oklahoma is not.)
To: EGPWS
In my day, cap guns weren’t blued, they were a kind of cheap chrome or nickel finish. They were toys; all they could do is make bang sounds.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:01:40 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: Copernicus
a considerable amount of the criminal element are now painting the tips of their ‘Real Weapons’ with an orange tip. I predicted this years ago when I first read about this stupid idea.
To: EGPWS
I painted the end of the barrel on my Glock orange.
Now I brandish it in the mall with impunity.
To: Copernicus
Are there ANY records of incidents where a REAL criminal has painted the tip of their gun orange and used in commission of a crime? Or is this just more hand wringing?
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:06:07 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
To: humblegunner
Hi HG i dip my gun in nacho sauce
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:06:10 PM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom sarc ;))
To: Paleo Conservative
"I predicted this years ago when I first read about this stupid idea." Yeah, I wondered the same thing. Years ago as well.
Apparently the 'bad guys' are really slow on the uptake.
I guess that's why they're 'bad guys'.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:06:24 PM PST
by
GourmetDan
(Eccl 10:2 - The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.)
To: EGPWS
It’s the first thin my son does with his Airsoft guns.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:06:42 PM PST
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Truth - Reality through the eyes of God.)
To: humblegunner
I painted the end of the barrel on my Glock orange. Now I brandish it in the mall with impunity. I did the same with my AK.
I point it at people all the time.
WOO!
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:08:44 PM PST
by
SIDENET
("If that's your best, your best won't do." -Dee Snider)
To: al baby
Hi HG i dip my gun in nacho sauce The cheesy kind or the hot kind?
To: Copernicus
Yeah, I had a lever action BB gun when I was about ten. I used to plink tin cans with it.
And much earlier than that I had a six-shooter cap gun in a holster with a fake ammo belt. I used to practice my quick draw with it. I don’t remember if I was the Lone Ranger or Hopalong Cassidy at that stage.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:09:00 PM PST
by
Cicero
(Marcus Tullius)
To: Paleo Conservative
I predicted this years ago when I first read about this stupid idea. Me too. I can't believe it took the bad guys so long to figger this out!
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:09:02 PM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: al baby; humblegunner
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:10:21 PM PST
by
smokingfrog
(You can't ignore your boss and expect to keep your job... WWW.filipthishouse2010.com)
To: Copernicus
Lots of pink guns out now for the ladies. This one comes from the factory pink. (Charter Arms)
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:10:27 PM PST
by
umgud
(I couldn't understand why the ball kept getting bigger......... then it hit me.)
To: Copernicus
Headline correction:
Orange tipped toy guns.... A good stupid idea gone bad has 'unexpected' consequences.
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:10:50 PM PST
by
Bob
To: Copernicus
Embody carried his AK 47 pistol around Radnor Lake dressed in camouflage. WTF?
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posted on
03/07/2010 3:12:47 PM PST
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject.)
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