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AndyS

(14,559 posts)
Sun Jul 18, 2021, 12:58 PM Jul 2021

Maybe it's just me . . . [View all]

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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