If the teens had real guns, peace would have erupted, instead.
Waiting for Congress to ban airsoft and all fake guns.
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.
They’ll ban Airsoft guns for looking too realistic. Just watch.
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)
OP is making jokes in their summary, but this is serious, a kids fucking dead.
And this isn’t pranking and getting consequences. They were walking into a store to return one, and some fucking asshat attacked and killed one of them
Myers saw three teens approach the Big 5 Sporting Goods store with what he thought were handguns and believed they were going to rob the store, according to the affidavit. He further stated that he felt he did not have time to call 911 and that he “had a duty to act to stop the individuals from hurting someone innocent, and to protect his son,” per the court filing.
Myers, who was armed with a registered semiautomatic pistol, told police he approached the teens with his gun out and told them to put their hands in the air, but no one complied, the police affidavit said. He then fired multiple rounds at the victim because he thought the teen was reaching into the waistband of his pants for what Myers believed was a gun and that the teen “was going to kill him,” according to the filing.
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
Im a bit of a radical but hear me out. What if instead of having toy guns we had kids “play” at planting a community garden, mowing lawns for the elderly and handicapped, and picking up litter at the local park? Nah, teaching children guns are toys is the obvious way to go. Or ya know, fuck guns, real or fake.
So work instead of play?
Fair enough, good point.
That’s still not gonna get rid of all the guns already out in the wild though.
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Neither option is gonna fix the problem. Guns, both real and toy, are already out there en masse.
Figure out a solution to that issue, then come talk to me. In the meantime, people wanna defend themselves.
Disclaimer: I’m not an advocate for guns. I never have been. Just saying, guns exist already, both real and toy.
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.