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Baltimore OKs ban of replica guns (to fight crime).
The Baltimore Sun ^ | November 14, 2016 | Luke Broadwater and Yvonne Wenger

Posted on 11/16/2016 8:34:25 AM PST by Carriage Hill

The Baltimore City Council gave preliminary approval Monday to a citywide ban on toy guns that look like working handguns and rifles.

Council members introduced the legislation after a 14-year-old East Baltimore boy holding a BB gun was shot by a city police detective in April.

City Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young said replica guns are contributing to violence on Baltimore's streets. He said people are using the fake weapons in robberies, and children who carry them are put in harm's way.

(Excerpt) Read more at baltimoresun.com ...


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To: carriage_hill
Psssttt... City Council. They'll still do it.

And you're idiots.

21 posted on 11/16/2016 9:13:26 AM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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To: TomGuy
My thought exactly! :)


22 posted on 11/16/2016 9:14:19 AM PST by Daffynition (*Donald Trump represents the WILL of the PEOPLE.*~ Don King 09.24.16)
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To: ealgeone

“Hard to believe this was one of the Original 13 Colonies.”

Which one ya think will “die” first ?

Will the sewers in BOSTON cause a plague?

Will the ‘furriners’ in NYC drive out all working folks?

Will the ‘welfare dbl dippers’ in ‘MERRYLAND’bankrupt it first?\ETC ETC


23 posted on 11/16/2016 9:15:56 AM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long)
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To: carriage_hill

Were it not for the huge number of young black criminals, this would not be an issue.

Back in the 50’s I can’t think of anybody who didn’t have toy guns for playing cops/robbers, cowboys/indians, military.... and police weren’t shooting kids.


24 posted on 11/16/2016 9:22:00 AM PST by umgud (ban all infidelaphobics)
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To: smokingfrog

Heh. They’re probably all painted ‘safety orange’, now.


25 posted on 11/16/2016 9:45:43 AM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everyone stands around reloading.)
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To: BipolarBob
OH! So it's for the children. Then make a law against child endangerment instead of against ownership of replica guns.

There's a dead 11-year-old in Cleveland who might well have benefitted from this.

26 posted on 11/16/2016 9:51:11 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: carriage_hill

Next up - banning real guns that look too much like real guns.....


27 posted on 11/16/2016 9:51:16 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: trebb

LOL!


28 posted on 11/16/2016 9:54:39 AM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everyone stands around reloading.)
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To: carriage_hill

Did they ban pop tarts, too?


29 posted on 11/16/2016 10:26:54 AM PST by bgill (From the CDC site, "We don't know how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: bgill

Pop Tarts and finger guns are banned, too. Heh.


30 posted on 11/16/2016 10:33:03 AM PST by Carriage Hill ( AWAKNING.)
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To: carriage_hill

With that logic, it would make just as much sense to ban the city of Baltimore from policemen. Afterall the policeman killed the BB gun owner, while the BB gun did not hurt anyone that I am aware of.

Or on an entirely different point, when will it be that someone who is afraid of breaking the new law stops carrying a fake gun and gets killed by a thug because the defender gave up his deterrent, the fake gun (holstered or bulging from pocket.)

What the city might want to try is outlawing traditional crimes, such as abortion, and sodomy and enforce such laws with courage and severity.


31 posted on 11/16/2016 10:56:00 AM PST by Repent and Believe (The Son of Man, when He cometh, shall He find, think you, faith on earth? Jesus Christ (Luke 18:8))
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To: PROCON

Then they’re going to have to ban Barbie Dolls, too! When Sis and I were kids, we’d bend Barbie at a 45-degree angle and use HER as a gun!

Baltimore hates Barbie...and FUN! ;)


32 posted on 11/16/2016 11:29:34 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: carriage_hill

If they just banned feral blacks they would probably cut violent crime by 90%. Oh, wait. Can I say that...?


33 posted on 11/16/2016 3:07:52 PM PST by Gritty (This wasnÂ’t a vote. It was an uprising. - Daniel Greenfield)
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To: Gritty
Agreed.

👍👍👍


34 posted on 11/16/2016 3:54:02 PM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: carriage_hill

Nerf guns will be next.


35 posted on 11/16/2016 7:36:09 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

All that’ll be left to ban will be Pop-Tarts and finger guns. And then crime will drop-off like crazy.
Perfectly sane leftist reasoning...


36 posted on 11/16/2016 7:45:06 PM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: carriage_hill
Don't forget marshmallow guns with high capacity magazines.


37 posted on 11/16/2016 7:58:54 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Damn, I feel deprived. I missed those!


38 posted on 11/16/2016 8:00:52 PM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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To: carriage_hill

Those hollow point marshmallows are deadly, I tell you what.


39 posted on 11/16/2016 8:06:46 PM PST by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: smokingfrog

Toast them crackling brown over a fire, fill the holes w/ chunky peanut butter, and you have anti-personnel rounds. If they’re not already banned by the Hague Culinary Convention on Combatant Campers’ Rights, they soon will be.


40 posted on 11/16/2016 8:33:31 PM PST by Carriage Hill ( Peace is that brief glorious moment in history, when everybody stands around reloading.)
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