Comments on: Fake guns and cops http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/27/fake-guns-and-cops/ The taste of bacon is the taste of freedom Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:18:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Brent G http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/27/fake-guns-and-cops/#comment-15460 Brent G Sun, 30 Mar 2008 02:25:33 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/27/fake-guns-and-cops/#comment-15460 I was at an estate auction today. One of the items sold in the ring was a pellet gun (pistol). An expensive one (at least it was expensive when new; I would tell you how little it brought). No one blinked, no one complained, no one fainted, no one died . . . and no one had their eye put out. It was refreshing. I was at an estate auction today. One of the items sold in the ring was a pellet gun (pistol). An expensive one (at least it was expensive when new; I would tell you how little it brought). No one blinked, no one complained, no one fainted, no one died . . . and no one had their eye put out. It was refreshing.

]]> By: Alcibiades McZombie http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/27/fake-guns-and-cops/#comment-15411 Alcibiades McZombie Fri, 28 Mar 2008 20:40:32 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/27/fake-guns-and-cops/#comment-15411 When I was a kid, I had a water pistol that was a realistic version of a 1911 (the slide even had to be cocked in order to fire a "shot"). It was, of course, taken away from me by my parents for fear that I'd be shot by a police officer. When I was a kid, I had a water pistol that was a realistic version of a 1911 (the slide even had to be cocked in order to fire a “shot”).

It was, of course, taken away from me by my parents for fear that I’d be shot by a police officer.

]]> By: Gregory Morris http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/27/fake-guns-and-cops/#comment-15391 Gregory Morris Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:19:14 +0000 http://www.nrahab.com/2008/03/27/fake-guns-and-cops/#comment-15391 Personally, I don't like the idea of realistic "toy guns". I had 'em as a kid, and I turned out OK I guess, but it was always made clear from an early age that guns are NOT toys. If my children do get realistic-looking toy guns (cap guns, airsoft, etc.), the same 4 rules will apply always (as they did for me.) Thankfully, squirt-guns don't look at all like guns these days, which makes it easier, because it would be no fun at all to require your kids not point their super-soaker at anything they don't wish to destroy, or to verify what is beyond their target. Personally, I don’t like the idea of realistic “toy guns”. I had ‘em as a kid, and I turned out OK I guess, but it was always made clear from an early age that guns are NOT toys. If my children do get realistic-looking toy guns (cap guns, airsoft, etc.), the same 4 rules will apply always (as they did for me.) Thankfully, squirt-guns don’t look at all like guns these days, which makes it easier, because it would be no fun at all to require your kids not point their super-soaker at anything they don’t wish to destroy, or to verify what is beyond their target.

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