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Gun Control & RKBA

Atypical Liberal

(5,412 posts)

20. None at all.

Reply to ellisonz (Original post)

Mon Jan 16, 2012, 12:42 PM

Jan 2012

What rules do you favor concerning the manufacture of look-alike toy guns?

None at all. Kids want to play with realistic-looking guns. When I was a kid, they started putting those orange plugs in the end of the barrels of our otherwise fairly realistic-looking cap guns. We used my woodburning kit to melt them out.

If you make the things look too bad kids will just make their own, carved out of wood or somesuch.

But there seems to be no shortage of authentic-looking fake guns.

http://www.replicagunsdirect.com/?gclid=CKPWwNP91K0CFQpU7AodYDL2uA

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17-year-old holding fake gun during robbery shot dead by Jacksonville police [View all] ellisonz Jan 2012 OP

Current law in most states ObamaFTW2012 Jan 2012 #1

They are cheaper than the real ones. Got to save money somewhere. oneshooter Jan 2012 #2

few dollars more and he could have had a hi-point ileus Jan 2012 #10

Quick, ban black spray paint! n/t X_Digger Jan 2012 #3

Grafitti Hangingon Jan 2012 #5

Spray paint; hell... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #6

What is wrong with these guys? burf Jan 2012 #4

There's really nothing to figure out, burf slackmaster Jan 2012 #16

The 'rules', whatever they might be are not relevant to this story. An armed robber is an armed Wistful Vista Jan 2012 #7

^^^This^^^ Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #17

look-alike guns not a problem,,, the cops got the thug now before he could buy a real gun later. OneTenthofOnePercent Jan 2012 #8

Perhaps... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #19

hope the plastic fence wasn't hurt... ileus Jan 2012 #9

The rules in place seem to be sufficient... S_B_Jackson Jan 2012 #11

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #12

An unfortunate but predictable outcome Euromutt Jan 2012 #13

exactly! Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #18

Guns don't kill people rl6214 Jan 2012 #14

Poor dumb kid threw his life away slackmaster Jan 2012 #15

None at all. Atypical Liberal Jan 2012 #20

"What rules?" the present rules... MicaelS Jan 2012 #21

Toy guns... discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2012 #22

Well, I guess painting them flourescent lime or day-glo orange won't do it... SteveW Jan 2012 #23