Posted on 06/03/2018 4:42:23 AM PDT by mkleesma
The Trudeau government is looking into whether it should regulate imitation firearms following three Toronto incidents which saw police shoot and kill men brandishing relatively harmless guns.
Dr. Dirk Huyer, Ontario's chief coroner, alerted federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and her officials to the cases, which led three coroner juries to recommend Ottawa revise the Criminal Code to help prevent such fatalities.
The minister confirmed in a letter last month to Huyer that the department is reviewing proposals to tighten controls on look-alike weapons that police often have no choice but to treat as genuine.
A spokesman for the minister, Simon Rivet, told CBC News that officials are "examining the recommendations" and consulting on them with Public Safety Canada, which also helps set Ottawa's gun policies.
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Depends on the circumstances and the state. The issue is whether you credibly thought the bb gun was a real gun, and therefore thought your life was in danger. In some states, like MA, you'd still have a hard time, much harder as a private citizen than if you were police. In others, not so much.
I'm not sure if that's what you are driving at, though.
Ever notice how Superman just stood there and laughed as the bad guy shot at him, but ducked when they threw the empty gun at him?
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