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Whoever pulled that plug signed the boys death warrant.

Actually the 3 inches of the end of the barrel are cut off which should have been a clue that it was a toy and that someone had cut off the orange tip -- something that kids do to their orange tip guns all the time.

Last year a bill was presented to the legislature to require all pellet and bb guns to be painted pastel colors but it was opposed by many in LE because they claim that bb and pellet guns can also hurt. Those in LE who opposed it want these guns to look like the real thing so that they shoot those carrying them as well as those who carry the real thing and then disingenuously claim "oh we thought it was real."

Why are they shooting people carrying rifles in the first place -- it's not against state law.

Why are they shooting people carrying rifles in the first place -- it's not against state law. This point that you mentioned right there is what the defenders of Gelhaus and those that brag "Someone points a gun at me and I will shoot him too", "He was carrying a gun, he deserved to be shot", "The gun looked real", etal. Conveniently forget , ignore, or deny. The point: The Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States Of America, The Supreme Law of the Land, not the Supreme Court as media implies, reads that the right to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. This insures that citizens can keep arms in their places of abode and implies that they can carry them in the public.