Posted on 09/21/2014 7:49:46 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Atlantic City officials have voted to ban the sale of toy guns.
While they're just for play, some look extremely realistic and have even been used in crimes - that's why police are trying to get them off the streets.
(Excerpt) Read more at 6abc.com ...
A robber can make a sufficiently real-appearing fake gun out of a block of soft wood with a pocket knife and a can of spray paint. Will these materials be banned if/when they are found to have been used in a couple of robberies? How will the black market in squirt guns be dealt with? Are there more stringent rules for Nerf M-16s?
Just yesterday there was story abkut a guy using a banana to rob a store. Will those be banned too?
Thanks for doing the link. I had not got around to looking at Greenfield yet. This one is about as basic as you can get.
A masked 5 year old with a silver cap gun stands a good chance of getting shot out of hand by whatever policeman sees him. They think they are making the population fear guns. They are making people fear policemen. It has been years since I would report any illegal activity I might come across to the police. They are not community protection anymore. They are occupying troops quartered on out towns.
I had a Hoppy dish and cup when I was 5. My grandson has the dish now. My daughter rescued it from Mom’s house after she died.
I agree, and it is time society said something about it.
The ONLY reason to set foot in NJ is Lucy, the elephant house in Margate just south of AC.
Then they better ban bananas, too. Someone robbed a convenience store yesterday using a banana.
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