[mhking]

But if you paint it BLACK!

Yep. That black Super Soaker looks just like a rifle with a laser sight. Sure.

[newwahoo]

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.