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Rex

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14. I remember in the 80s we had a red ring around the end of the barrel.

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #13)

Wed Nov 26, 2014, 08:53 PM

Nov 2014

And these were sold as looking like real guns, the red ring was small and could only be seen if pointing in your direction. Yet, nobody ever got shot by cops or anyone else for that matter.

Things have changed a lot since the 1980s, but kids still play the same games with fake guns so I don't get all these police killings.

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Police gunned down 12-year-old, newspaper decides to run this story . . . [View all] gollygee Nov 2014 OP

It is the beginning Bettie Nov 2014 #1

+1000 Blue_Tires Nov 2014 #5

Yep....... BronxBoy Nov 2014 #15

+ 1,000,000,000... What You Said !!! - K & R !!! WillyT Nov 2014 #18

it has already started here too noiretextatique Nov 2014 #22

Yep. Like night follows day. arcane1 Nov 2014 #26

Or anything bad that happens to peaceful protesters, it shows ill will. So I left DU last night. freshwest Nov 2014 #30

+ another Scuba Nov 2014 #31

Are you fricken kidding me? GGJohn Nov 2014 #2

just laying the groundwork for the "poor parenting" angle frylock Nov 2014 #3

Couldn't find video of him shoving a store clerk SomethingFishy Nov 2014 #4

the newspaper is not blaming the parents Enrique Nov 2014 #6

He wasn't doomed gollygee Nov 2014 #7

"Doomed anyway" is one step away from "they did society a favor" :( arcane1 Nov 2014 #10

a very short step Enrique Nov 2014 #12

Of course they do, got to start to demonize the child early on. Rex Nov 2014 #8

How did he get it and who removed the orange tip? GGJohn Nov 2014 #9

It's a toy so how do kids get toys? Rex Nov 2014 #11

If I were 12 I'd probably remove the tip myself. arcane1 Nov 2014 #13

I remember in the 80s we had a red ring around the end of the barrel. Rex Nov 2014 #14

Guess I'm a bit older than you, GGJohn Nov 2014 #16

I always think back to what we were told after 9/11, "everything has changed". Rex Nov 2014 #17

Good point. We are, after all, in a war that "will not end in our lifetimes" at home and abroad arcane1 Nov 2014 #19

Not only are they receiving military training, GGJohn Nov 2014 #24

Well, it seems the PTB make sure that the fear and uncertainty remain with us. GGJohn Nov 2014 #20

Yep. n/t nomorenomore08 Nov 2014 #21

you are so right about that noiretextatique Nov 2014 #23

So true, just when you think someone might be held responsible for torture in Iraq Rex Nov 2014 #25

WTFF? nt ecstatic Nov 2014 #27

That's how they do. Iggo Nov 2014 #28

I am white. My little brother had a cap gun montana_hazeleyes Nov 2014 #29