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PROPOSED TOY-GUN BAN PROVES CRIME DOES NOT ‘PLAY'
NY Post ^
Posted on 01/08/2003 9:35:37 AM PST by Stew Padasso
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:11:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: Sockdologer
But if you paint it BLACK! Yep. That black Super Soaker looks just like a rifle with a laser sight. Sure.
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01/08/2003 11:07:22 AM PST
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mhking
To: mhking
It wasn't a supersoaker. It looked like a 9MM in the photo I saw. I imagine it looked pretty real to the detective that saw it being held to his partner's head in the dimly- lit stairwell. The perp had managed to commit a string of robberies with it, and had been arrested and released from prison a year ago on criminal possession of a weapon charges for a real gun.
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posted on
01/08/2003 11:46:32 AM PST
by
newwahoo
To: newwahoo
The perp had managed to commit a string of robberies with it, and had been arrested and released from prison a year ago on criminal possession of a weapon charges for a real gun.Doesn't matter. The point is that if a perp wants to do the same thing again, he can get a toy gun from elsewhere, or fashion a "gun" out of any number of raw materials from soap to balsa-wood. What are we going to do, ban those materials as well? Please.
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01/08/2003 11:50:20 AM PST
by
mhking
(Hell, John Dillinger escaped from jail with a "gun" made from soap and shoe polish...)
To: Sungirl
Try going through airline security checks with those purses.
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To: Pintobean
Liberals!
They are the downfall of America.
To: mhking
No disagreement on the law. Its pointless to say the least. But the usual suspects here and the family are trying to make it out like the cop should have known it was a toy. They want to string the guy up for a justified shooting so I thought it was important to mention that this was by no means a supersoaker.
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01/08/2003 1:05:47 PM PST
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newwahoo
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