Sun Jul 18, 2021, 12:58 PM

AndyS (12,282 posts)

Maybe it's just me . . .

These two guns are what police to use in training.

This is a gun marketed by a popular manufacturer.

As are these. All real guns.

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These, on the other hand are non lethal bb guns marketed by toy makers and the likes of Daisy.

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Am I the only one that sees a problem here? Police are conditioned to see blue guns as harmless but gun makers provide blue guns to the public?

Shouldn't toys look like toys and guns look like guns to reduce the confusion out on the street?

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18 replies	Author	Time	Post
Maybe it's just me . . . (Original post)	AndyS	Jul 2021	OP
Absolutely right. Toys should not look like real guns, EVER. n/t	CaliforniaPeggy	Jul 2021	#1
And real guns should never look like toys.	wnylib	Jul 2021	#5
Kick	dalton99a	Jul 2021	#2
Why does that look like a Lego?	YoshidaYui	Jul 2021	#7
It's part of their "Guns Are Fun!" campaign.	11 Bravo	Jul 2021	#14
My son plays airsoft. It's kind of like paintball; they have teams that battle	captain queeg	Jul 2021	#3
It happens far too often . . .	AndyS	Jul 2021	#4
Making them so they display	YoshidaYui	Jul 2021	#6
Prediction:	Ponietz	Jul 2021	#12
I thought we once required all toy guns to have bright orange paint	KS Toronado	Jul 2021	#8
Technically a bb gun is not a toy. And to be honest they are in a kind of grey area.	AndyS	Jul 2021	#11
You could put an eye out with one of those things!	11 Bravo	Jul 2021	#15
Gun culture can be very strange, and off putting.	Caliman73	Jul 2021	#9
Yeah, right...	Mazeltov Cocktail	Jul 2021	#10
Maybe the gun manufacturers are designing the guns like this	Dan	Jul 2021	#13
IMO, no.	Devil Child	Jul 2021	#16
My daughter has a pink AR-15 real gun.	rickyhall	Jul 2021	#17
pink Hello Kitty AR-15 -- utterly disgusting	IcyPeas	Jul 2021	#18

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 01:01 PM

CaliforniaPeggy (141,714 posts)

1. Absolutely right. Toys should not look like real guns, EVER. n/t

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Response to CaliforniaPeggy (Reply #1)

Sun Jul 18, 2021, 02:42 PM

wnylib (12,177 posts)

5. And real guns should never look like toys.

Not only confusing to police, but dangerous to children.

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 01:08 PM

dalton99a (68,292 posts)

2. Kick

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/13/lego-gun-glock-controversy/

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 02:57 PM

YoshidaYui (37,771 posts)

7. Why does that look like a Lego?

Why does that look like a Lego? It’s fucking insane!

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 03:52 PM

11 Bravo (23,340 posts)

14. It's part of their "Guns Are Fun!" campaign.

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 01:18 PM

captain queeg (7,767 posts)

3. My son plays airsoft. It's kind of like paintball; they have teams that battle

Their guns look exactly like the real thing except the very end of the barrel is a bright color. I don’t think that’s enough, especially around trigger happy cops I always tell him to keep the guns in a box until they arrive at the arena, and keep them out of view. It’s getting to be a popular sport and I’m just waiting for some kid to get shot or killed.

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 01:27 PM

AndyS (12,282 posts)

4. It happens far too often . . .

https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-peyton-ham-maryland-trooper-kills-teen-who-had-airsoft-gun-20210414-cgxttjfjmvdxxidqcwwawxx4km-story.html
Maryland teen carrying airsoft gun fatally shot by state trooper: police

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 02:55 PM

YoshidaYui (37,771 posts)

6. Making them so they display

Cool colors, is insane. What’s next Purple and yellow bullets?

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 03:22 PM

Ponietz (2,123 posts)

12. Prediction:

The purple ones will be lilac scented and the yellow will smell like lemons.

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 02:59 PM

KS Toronado (7,441 posts)

8. I thought we once required all toy guns to have bright orange paint

at the end of the barrel. Or did reQublicans get rid of that when tfg was in office?

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 03:16 PM

AndyS (12,282 posts)

11. Technically a bb gun is not a toy. And to be honest they are in a kind of grey area.

The ones that look like real pistols are not lethal, not designed to be lethal and cannot be made lethal. There are air guns that are most definitely designed for hunting even big game. None of them are covered under the background check system. I'm of the opinion that the non lethal 'fun' guns be classed as toys and be made to look like toys and that gun manufacturers should be able to make real guns that appear to be toys.

Airsoft guns are bb guns that fire plastic balls instead of steel. They must have a small orange tip on the barrel.

It's confusing which is the whole point of my post.

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Sun Jul 18, 2021, 03:55 PM

11 Bravo (23,340 posts)