Remember when toy guns were just toys?

Post by **Niner** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 9:35 am

When I was a kid, most small kids played cowboy's and indians, or relived WWII as they saw it in the movies, with toy guns. No special markings were necessary to make sure adults knew they were toys. The world has grown a bit paranoid now days......or has it?

This is a story from the Honolulu Star-bulliten, Hawaii. Two kids waiting for their mother in a car. One eight grader gets arrested for playing with a toy gun.

http://starbulletin.com/2003/09/14/news/perez.html

Here's one from England. The police will gladly come by your home and relieve you of any of junior's play guns....for your child's own safety.

http://www.camberley.co.uk/news/2010/20 ... _destroyed

Well ...... there are video games now days that simulate killing the fantasy enemies of childhood play a lot more realistically than the imagined play acting of kids in days long past. How many kids would want a plastic pistol with a red plastic thing in the barrel now days anyway?

Tom-May · Post by **Tom-May** » Tue Oct 23, 2007 10:03 am

"...In the last seven years the number of incidents involving BB and replica guns [being mistaken for real weapons] reported to Surrey Police has risen significantly, from 54 in 2000 and 44 in 2001 to 105 in 2005 and 97 last year..."

Of course, this couldn't have anything to do with a paranoia whipped up by a gutter press and encouraged by the Home Office, could it?

The 'rubber spoon' mob strike again.

Tom

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Sun Oct 28, 2007 3:35 pm

You can't buy air guns by mail order in England. You have to go to the shop and buy 'face to face'

This is really going to reduce gun crime

Aughnanure · Post by **Aughnanure** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:09 am

Duncan,

In good ole freedom lovin' OZ you need a full licence for an air gun and a full pistol licence and all th bull that goes with it to own an air pistol.

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Maybe no boy will want an orange plastic tip on his barrel but what a boon for real criminals with real pistols.

A bit of orange paint....

Tom-May · Post by **Tom-May** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 12:57 pm

Yet again the Home Secretary (Whatever her neme is) is muttering about banning deactivated firearms* as they can be returned to firing condition (MINISTER, PLEASE NOTE: No they can't - Each comes with a certificate from the Proof House to that effect!).

Am I being stupid in simply suggesting that if a criminal uses anything which looks like a gun in a crime, it should be treated as a gun both at the time and at the time of sentencing?

That way, the rest of us can get on with our lives without political vermin acting, just to be seen to act.

Tom

*Mecanism disabled, barrels cut ot slotted and rodded.

Post by **DuncaninFrance** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 3:23 pm

Couldn't agree with you more. If anyone has a gun or replica gun in any place that it shouldn't be then they should get all the trouble they are asking for - I have no sympathy for them.

Woftam · Post by **Woftam** » Tue Jan 08, 2008 4:28 pm

Our local news/entertainment morning programme (you know the type, 20 minutes breathless reporting on Kylie Minogues new G-string, 15 minutes on the latest fad and 30 seconds of news) had a celebrity "debate" on the subject of whether children should be allowed toyguns. The mother/radio celebrity waffled on for 10 minutes about how bad it was, how her children would never have them etc etc.

The opposition got to say "No I think your wrong" and started to talk about how it was really the parents attitudes rather than inanimate objects when he was smartly cut off.

That is the level of debate in this country so I foresee similar events in this country shortly.

Remember when toy guns were just toys?

Remember when toy guns were just toys?

AND FROM 1 OCTOBER

TOM!