Toy Guns

[K-22]

Sadly, there are instances of people getting shot because they made a bad decision to point a toy gun at the wrong person, at the wrong time.
Most of us, are aware of the commentary and aftermath of these shootings.
Without movement, and in the light of day, how well can you folks do determining real firearm vs a replica?

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[Certaindeaf]

View: https://youtu.be/AHzw4QvE2Do?feature=shared

 

[solv3nt]

In most cases, it's virtually impossible. Especially when you factor in 22lr replicas of popular guns.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Playing in traffic is a good way to get run over.

You shouldn't point ANYTHING at the " wrong " person. Not even your finger

 

[Duneblaster]

That's what we call thinning the herd, muckin' around and finding out,.. if your kid doesn't have a good head on their shoulders... well... life happens.

 

[K-22]

Thinning the herd, finding out,.. if your kid doesn't have a good head on his shoulders... well...
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Ehhhhhhhhh…..And this relates to the question in my thread how?

 

[monkeybutler]

If boys don't have toy guns they will grow up to be sissies.

 

[Duneblaster]

Ehhhhhhhhh…..And this relates to the question in my thread how?

It has everything to do with your thread. lol Tell your cherdrin not to pull toy guns on cops and to never aim a gun at anything they don't want to destroy.

 

[K-22]

It has everything to do with your thread. lol Tell your cherdrin not to pull toy guns on cops and to never aim a gun at anything they don't want to destroy.

OK then.
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[Joe13]

Sadly, there are instances of people getting shot because they made a bad decision to point a toy gun at the wrong person, at the wrong time.
Most of us, are aware of the commentary and aftermath of these shootings.
Without movement, and in the light of day, how well can you folks do determining real firearm vs a replica?

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I have a CO2 Beretta PX4 from a lot of years back that I would bet no one could tell the difference without actually handling the pistol (barring a big gun person realizing the barrel is to small for a firearm but there isn't a huge difference between a .177 pellet and a .22lr - I have always said I do not want to be shot with a .22 at any range, despite it being laughed at as a self defense round)

It has weight, uses a magazine with a wheel at each end like a revolver to hold pellets and the slide blows back just like a real firearm.

Idk how it gets around the needing an orange tip or if that's still a thing or not.


I am not stupid enough to draw on anyone (including a kid) that has a gun pointed at me but I would be taking cover if it were there, doing my best to de-escalate the situation and most likely returning fire if it's to the point that I feel it's me or them.


I agree with play stupid games and win stupid prizes but I feel that applies to adults only as kids brains are literally still developing and they may know better but I also know I did some very stupid and impulsive things as a child and they are only getting younger with the internet and have more things to get in trouble with based on both plastic advances and the internet.

There is a paintball gun in the classifieds that looks just like at AR15 from the pics. The ones we had 25 years ago could not ever be mistaken for a "real" firearm so it looks like it's everywhere.

 

[TTSX]

If it looks real, it's to be treated as real until doubtlessly proven to be a toy. Consequences for our choices happen, even to children for theirs.

 

[arakboss]

Doh!

 

[K-22]

Not worthy of a new thread. Does anybody here keep real firearms for entertainment (enjoyment) purposes or are they strictly for work or self defense?

I keep mine, for all lawful purposes.
It appears that I did not make the intent of this thread clear enough.

I want to see if supposedly knowledgeable gun people could discern between a toy, and a real firearm.
It appears that reading comprehension is not up to the level I had anticipated.

 

[arakboss]

I keep mine, for all lawful purposes.
It appears that I did not make the intent of this thread clear enough.

I want to see if supposedly knowledgeable gun people could discern between a toy, and a real firearm.
It appears that reading comprehension is not up to the level I had anticipated.

I couldn't discern the difference in many cases. I will start new thread with my question.

 

[RVTECH]

Sadly, there are instances of people getting shot because they made a bad decision to point a toy gun at the wrong person

Kinda like this the other day.

View: https://youtu.be/6rCwRCkWF_s?t=40

 

[Indy62]

Kinda like this the other day.

View: https://youtu.be/6rCwRCkWF_s?t=40

This was the pellet gun the 13 year old pointed at the cop. Tragic no doubt..but any reasonable cop would have done the same if that 'toy' was pointed at them. The media never fails to politicize and demonize common sense.

 

[DirectDrive]

Some of these tragedies are simply due to bad parenting or no parenting.

 

[mhayd93]

Sadly, there are instances of people getting shot because they made a bad decision to point a toy gun at the wrong person, at the wrong time.
Most of us, are aware of the commentary and aftermath of these shootings.
Without movement, and in the light of day, how well can you folks do determining real firearm vs a replica?

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I'm gonna say the Beretta and revolver are the real firearms in that pile.

 

[RVTECH]

Tragic no doubt..but any reasonable cop would have done the same if that 'toy' was pointed at them.

Yep, exactly - and I would never question or criticize any LEO for doing the same.

I sometimes wonder however why the antis have never pounced on the toy/replica guns to the degree they do with 'real' guns.

 

[Stomper]

If boys don't have toy guns they will grow up to be sissies.

Or even worse….. sensitive !