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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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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.