Nanny State California proposes:

August · 06-08-11, 10:31 PM

Stupid.

All one needs to make a fake weapon look real is a can of black spray paint. On the other hand a brightly painted real gun looks fake but is no less deadly.

antikristuseke · 06-08-11, 11:10 PM

Spray painting an actual gun seems like a really stupid idea though. One thing is the paint fouling the action, the other is the possible flamability issue.

Feuer Frei! · 06-08-11, 11:17 PM

Wow! Looks awesome!

BTW, official response from Airsoft GI:

August · 06-09-11, 07:33 AM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

Spray painting an actual gun seems like a really stupid idea though. One thing is the paint fouling the action, the other is the possible flamability issue.

Yeah well a guy stupid enough to rob a convenience store is stupid enough to paint his firearm a pretty color if he thinks it might deceive the cops at a distance. Besides you can avoid both the fouling and flammability issues pretty easily.

Feuer Frei! · 06-09-11, 07:38 AM

What's next?
Painting baseball bats fluoro to warn law enforcers that the bat will not be used for a sporting event?

Ducimus · 06-09-11, 07:58 AM

Hell i thought they BANNED working replica's YEARS ago. I remember this because i had one as a kid.

AVGWarhawk · 06-09-11, 08:46 AM

Banning toy guns around the nation has gone on for sometime.

antikristuseke · 06-09-11, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Yeah well a guy stupid enough to rob a convenience store is stupid enough to paint his firearm a pretty color if he thinks it might deceive the cops at a distance.

True that

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Besides you can avoid both the fouling and flammability issues pretty easily.

Not if you are that stupid to begin with though.

August · 06-09-11, 09:03 AM

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Originally Posted by antikristuseke

True thatNot if you are that stupid to begin with though.

If you were a cop would you be willing to bet your life on that?

antikristuseke · 06-09-11, 09:16 AM

No.

AVGWarhawk · 06-09-11, 09:18 AM

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Originally Posted by August

If you were a cop would you be willing to bet your life on that?

No and either should anyone else. Even if a crime is commited with a fake/toy gun it is still considered armed robbery.

August · 06-09-11, 09:25 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

No and either should anyone else. Even if a crime is commited with a fake/toy gun it is still considered armed robbery.

Exactly. The whole point of the law is to give cops a visible indicator that the gun isn't real. To me that means cops are expected to at least hesitate before shooting a person who is wielding a brightly colored weapon.

Since we all know that isn't likely to happen (at least not more than once) the law will not do what it is intended to do.

Gerald · 06-09-11, 09:18 AM

It occurs quite often, that people use airsoft related copies in the robbery, and police are taking, ALWAYS it for granted that there is a real weapon, and acts accordingly, as is the practice, and this may in some cases, devastating consequences,for the person who does not realize the seriousness of this.

antikristuseke · 06-09-11, 09:22 AM

The perpetrators of those crimes have only themselves to blame for the consequences of their actions.

Herr-Berbunch · 06-09-11, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Vendor

It occurs quite often, that people use airsoft related copies in the robbery, and police are taking, ALWAYS it for granted that there is a real weapon, and acts accordingly, as is the practice, and this may in some cases, devastating consequences.

Good - if 'toy' guns are used to scare innocent people (and thieving bankers!) then the police are right to use whatever force they deem necessary. Pretend to be a big boy, suffer the big boy's consequences.

06-08-11, 10:31 PM	#1
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Stupid. All one needs to make a fake weapon look real is a can of black spray paint. On the other hand a brightly painted real gun looks fake but is no less deadly. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.

06-08-11, 11:17 PM	#3
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Wow! Looks awesome! BTW, official response from Airsoft GI: __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

06-09-11, 07:38 AM	#5
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	What's next? Painting baseball bats fluoro to warn law enforcers that the bat will not be used for a sporting event? __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

06-09-11, 08:46 AM	#7
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,256 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Banning toy guns around the nation has gone on for sometime. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

06-09-11, 09:18 AM	#13
Gerald SUBSIM Newsman Join Date: May 2008 Location: Close to sea Posts: 24,254 Downloads: 553 Uploads: 0	It occurs quite often, that people use airsoft related copies in the robbery, and police are taking, ALWAYS it for granted that there is a real weapon, and acts accordingly, as is the practice, and this may in some cases, devastating consequences,for the person who does not realize the seriousness of this. __________________ Nothing in life is to be feard,it is only to be understood. Marie Curie

06-08-11, 11:10 PM	#2
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Spray painting an actual gun seems like a really stupid idea though. One thing is the paint fouling the action, the other is the possible flamability issue.

06-09-11, 07:58 AM	#6
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Hell i thought they BANNED working replica's YEARS ago. I remember this because i had one as a kid.

06-09-11, 09:16 AM	#10
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	No.

06-09-11, 09:22 AM	#14
antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	The perpetrators of those crimes have only themselves to blame for the consequences of their actions.