Progressive Baltimore wants to ban replica guns

[Carson]

It could be a stick, ban sticks? This is beyond banning something.
It starts at home.

Only if they are pointy.

[bogey1]

Only if they are pointy.

What good is a dull stick

[archie19]

Bill seeks to ban replica guns in Baltimore


Spokesman Anthony McCarthy said Rawlings-Blake wants any legislation to hold "manufacturers and those who are responsible for the point of sale accountable, and not families and especially our children."


http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/mar...919-story.html
Yvonne Wenger

This quote is just mind boggling.........last thing we want to do as a society is hold anyone responsible for their actions!

ok, sarcasm is off....

[LMTguy]

[bogey1]

As I said before,
it starts at home.

[bamboomaster]

It could be a stick, ban sticks? This is beyond banning something.
It starts at home.

There's always a work-around for whatever Baltimore city council bans.

After the ban becomes law, how surprising would it be surprising to see kids just wanting a step-up in life (and personal defense systems against gangs and such) now walking around with bows and quivers full of arrows? Or wearing tool belts fitted out with over-sized screwdrivers (they're not fixing watches here) and 22 oz. hammers?

Way to go, Baltimore????

[alpacaheat]

The easiest way to fix this problem is to neuter a lot of people before they can reproduce.

[SevenMilePete]

If they just made robbery let alone "armed robbery" illegal, kids in the streets playing with "guns" pointing them at police wouldn't get shot.








Haven't these little bastards ever heard of basketball.

Right. Cops should never shoot at kids, either, because they aren't allowed to own real guns until they are 18.

http://www.erienewsnow.com/story/295...en-for-bicycle

[Berncly]

Seriously? You are facing someone from 20 yards away, who has what is obviously a pistol, pointed right at your gut. It's 2 AM, there is no moonlight. The street is dimly lit. Are you going to call timeout, so you can move closer to check if the muzzle looks like it is the same size as a real weapon?

Maybe you should train kids not to point what looks like a real weapon at a policeman. Strange, I don't remember this ever happening when I was a kid, and most kids had some type of "replica" gun, or the real thing.

Good post.
I agree.
Make toy guns obviously recognizable as toys.
Educate parents and kids in school about the likelihood of getting shot if brandishing a toy gun as if it's real.
Throw the book at anyone of any age that makes threatening gestures at people with a toy gun as if it's a real weapon.
There are 10 year old kids out there shooting people with real guns.
The world has changed too much to ignore the toy gun recognition issue.

[SevenMilePete]

As I said before,
it starts at home.

Yeh, cops need better training. And more life insurance for their families. If they are supposed to be able to tell the difference.