If the teens had real guns, peace would have erupted, instead.
Waiting for Congress to ban airsoft and all fake guns.
A kid with his whole life in front of him is dead because some wannabe cop decided it was his duty to guard the parking lot that nobody asked him to guard.
And the icing on the cake: he did this while his own son was in martial arts class. Now this asshat is likely going to prison (there’s witnesses and video surveillance and he’s not a cop so he will get some kind of prison time) and his own son is going to miss out on having his dad in his life.
This country has a fucking problem. We sold our soul to capitalism and this is what happens. There’s no hope for meaningful legislation. Any systemic reform that might hurt an industry with enough money has no hope.
But hey, thoughts and prayers, and all that bullshit
and his own son is going to miss out on having his dad in his life.
Maybe in this case, it’s for the best.
If the man had an airsoft gun, that would’ve also been fine.
I’ve stopped carrying while out in public entirely, and this is one of the reasons.
I also don’t want to be mistaken for a bad guy and shot by a LEO or another civilian who’s carrying.
Heard.
They’ll ban Airsoft guns for looking too realistic. Just watch.
They’ll have to ban cell phones too, because people have been shot for holding cell phones that “looked like a gun”.
Exactly. Can’t have those either.
They’ve been trying for as long as they’ve been around. As long as they have an orange tip they’re considered “safe” (which is about as foolproof as safeguarding a vault with a “keep out” sign)
Even worse there are people painting real guns with orange tips or too look like nerf guns.
The orange tip thing isn’t even a requirement for airsoft guns
(section 1150.1.b )
(this country is broken)
Should probably ban acorns too, because they sound too much like real guns. Or so I hear.
That’s what I heard too.
Hey, in all fairness, I think Super Soaker water guns should get a free pass.
Aside from that, yeah it wouldn’t be a bad idea if they banned all those toy guns, especially the ones designed to resemble real guns.
Personally I’d rather they banned the real ones and left the toys
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Do you honestly think that kids need a molded plastic or stamped metal toy gun to “play with guns”? Have you never seen kids pick up a “Y” shaped stick off the ground and say “bang bang!” or “zap zap!” pretending its a gun (or laser gun)?
I.M.O. an important aspect of play is its self-directed. If they prefer that, absolutely, but I would rather let them choose and try to provide safe ways for them to explore. If they choose gardening that would be wonderful, if they choose to play with nerf guns or airsoft guns we should try and provide safety and caution to insulate them from being injured, but otherwise let them play
To be honest I’m not convinced this is an issue. I admit whole heartedly that my own personally experience is not data, but anecdotally I grew up playing with lots of guns and playing violent make believe, hell I even played GTA3 at a definitely not appropriate age, but I grew up to be a pacifist.
So work instead of play?
That sounds like slavery with extra steps.
Fair enough, good point.
That’s still not gonna get rid of all the guns already out in the wild though.
guns… out in the wild
Nature is healing!
