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Hoyt

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31. Too many gun nuts out there. I can see police being cautious, but damn

Sat Nov 16, 2013, 09:43 PM

Nov 2013

this needs to stop - police being trigger happy and perhaps taking an "I'm going home even if that means I might shoot an innocent kid" attitude, and private citizens promoting more gunz in more places.

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Another kid with a fake gun shot by a cop [View all] gollygee Nov 2013 OP

This story makes it sound as if the officer shot him right when he saw the gun penultimate Nov 2013 #1

No way I would let my kid carry that around. Brigid Nov 2013 #2

Orange stripe or not...... a kid is going to hit that "orange" with some flat black spray paint. rdharma Nov 2013 #3

Would you have pulled your real looking toy gun on a police officer? Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #7

Do we know that is truly what happened? rdharma Nov 2013 #9

Are you asking me if I myself literally know if that is exactly what happened? Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #10

The gun is a dead ringer for a real S&W Mod. 459..... rdharma Nov 2013 #18

Or that he was simply acting stupidly. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #20

That's also a possibility with kids. rdharma Nov 2013 #29

They're "toy" guns, not "fake" guns. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #4

In this particular case, I'm not sure I agree. Lizzie Poppet Nov 2013 #11

the article says "replica" dionysus Nov 2013 #25

That gun looks way too real LittleBlue Nov 2013 #5

People need to stop giving guns, real or fake, to kids. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #6

+1000 PADemD Nov 2013 #8

Agree on all points of your response. 99Forever Nov 2013 #13

+1 840high Nov 2013 #37

I used to get upset about this, but it's bordering on kind of a Darwinian event. And yes, I know, libdem4life Nov 2013 #12

and a kid that age with the real gun is very conceivable Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #15

"Kids can be dangerous." - So how far up the "enemies list" should I move "kids?" Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #17

No but a call with a kid with a gun Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #19

"You cannot assume that the kid is innocent" - In what dystopian nightmare hellscape is it okay... Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #21

let me rephrase that cause I worded it really party Niceguy1 Nov 2013 #28

The way Darwinian evolutionary theory is abused by people... Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #16

You don't err on the side of being too nice to people often, do you? tkmorris Nov 2013 #22

You just said this kid got what he deserved because of Dwarinism. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #24

Oh, please. Yet to such superiority I shrink in deference. Silly social sciences...who knew. libdem4life Nov 2013 #26

Saying a kid who was shot got what was coming because of Darwinism is a shitty thing to say. Gravitycollapse Nov 2013 #27

Again? He asked for nothing, any more than a drunk teen asks to get killed. Gee, this will keep it libdem4life Nov 2013 #30

"Is it a gun, is it a knife, is it a wallet? This is your life." loyalsister Nov 2013 #14

I feel bad for the cop. He's got to live with this NightWatcher Nov 2013 #23

Just think, if gun cultists didn't have so damn many AK/ARs, police would have known it was fake. Hoyt Nov 2013 #35

Too many gun nuts out there. I can see police being cautious, but damn Hoyt Nov 2013 #31

IF the description of the kid's actions is accurate (we know cops often tblue37 Nov 2013 #32

New advice to my children: ReRe Nov 2013 #33

The issue of children with toys guns being shot by cops has been around for decades. Agnosticsherbet Nov 2013 #34

Long ago, I read a news story . . . Brigid Nov 2013 #36