[Steve_Seattle]

"I went to an HS football game this past fall and, as the color guard performed with these things, I said to my friend: “I wonder how long it will be before the fake guns are outlawed?”

It won't be long before school boards start deciding that using these rifle-shaped props "sends an inappropriate message," and they will be banned in favor of some other type of baton.

[Jaded]

Look, they already banned the song “tequilla” when my daughter was in color guard. Upset the band kids. Also they didn’t have rifles because the band director knew the kids would hurt themselves.