Ahab has a post up on toy guns and police reactions. It's a good piece with sound advice:
So here’s my advice to the Special Air Softers out there. If you’re playing airsoft, and you hear someone say “drop the gun”, do not whip around with your blaster in hand to see who said. DROP. THE. GUN. Immediately.
Damn skippy. It got me poking around on the internet. Lo and behold, not only are there toy guns that look real, there's all kinds of real guns made to look like toys. Color schemes like Digital Clown, Candy Apple Zebra, and this one that didn't have a theme other than "Belgian".
This is nine kinds of stupid. I did address it back on The Gun Blogs last December, but I'm saying it again: Real guns should not look like toys.
It's going to get cops killed, it's going to get (more) kids killed, and it's going to get laws passed in response. All because someone thought it would be cool to apply a Kalishnakitty theme to a rifle.
It's hard to claim to be a responsible adult when your gun is a "Digital Clown".
Digital Clown: The theme, or the person buying it?
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