[Carriage Hill]

Link to original story, carried by Fox News:

http://www.kmph.com/story/18577572/man-turns-water-gun-into-shotgun-in-southeast-fresno-police-say

It's a kid's water pistol turned into a 20-gauge shotgun?

[Carriage Hill]

Try that link again:

http://www.kmph.com/story/18577572/man-turns-water-gun-into-shotgun-in-southeast-fresno-police-say

[Eye of Unk]

I have seen a massive collection of ordinary items that have been modified to shoot ammunition, one of the coolest was an ordinary tire iron that fired a .22magnum.

[Eye of Unk]

CA already wants all toys to be clear to show the workings.

Well then somebody will make clear ammunition. Clear plastic cases, bullets made of clear super hard urethanes. Powder may be a problem but neccesity is the mother of invention.

I would say its possible to extrude a clear propellant eventually. Or maybe its already been done...

[SampleMan]

Water gun modified? No, not really. No more then putting a gun inside a paper bag modifies the paper bag into a gun.

[Fireone]

His biggest mistake was using a toy that looked like a gun.
It’s just as easy to make a firearm out of a Barbie doll, or Nerf football, it doesn’t matter what you use to conceal it.
In my youth, I (knew) kids that routinely made weapons out of car antennas or plumbing parts that were multiple use “guns”. It so simple, anyone but The Kenyan could do it.

[cripplecreek]

Get rid of the restrictions and this wouldn’t be a problem.

[Carriage Hill]

Ping to squirt-shotgun conversion.

[Hardraade]

Is it safe?

[mills044]

I have to say- the first thing I thought of when I saw this title, was an incident from my childhood. At age 13, my buddies and I repelled a pack of bullies with a supersoaker squirtgun...that we had turned into a flamethrower.

It was a grand day. (no injuries on either side, remarkably)

[PowderMonkey]

It's no big trick, and fairly common among certain urban dwellers. Just buy a super soaker toy. Hollow it out. Insert weapon. The down side, of course, is a grown man walking around with one of these under his arm tends to attract attention, just as much as the real thing would.

[DH]

I think the “gun” is something we should give to all criminals and criminal wannabees. They would exterminate themselves.

If you look closely, it is nothing more than a piece of 1/2 inch black iron pipe with a 1/2 inch cap on the end. There is no way to fire it because the end cap is solid. Old Zip guns used a spring and nail to fire the cartridge and it was placed where the end cap was.

Next, it was supposed to fire a 20 gauge shell. If, for some reason the end cap was made to have a firing mechanism, when fired 2 things would happen.

1. the entire barrel assembly would come out of the back of that toy like the projectile it was firing. 2. more than likely the simple steel pipe would blow up.

I smell a rat here that was invented by the gun control activists to scare the timid and weak minded.

[from occupied ga]

California man turned water gun into shotgun, police say.

They report this like it's a bad thing. "The right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed."

[crosshairs]

I want that dude as my gunsmith. Of course, that’s pointless since the boating accident took all my guns.

[Carriage Hill]

Sorry, I didn’t see an WP/LATimes byline anywhere when I posted it earlier this morning. Thanks for fixing it.

[ridesthemiles]

Fresno, California:

The heart of the largest Muslim enclave in the state.

[stephenjohnbanker]

I wanna HIRE this guy..

[lormand]

Here is my son firing water thru an air cannon we made. I imagine it could do pretty good damage if stuffed with something nasty and mean.

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