"They look just like real guns," said Salay. "I know, because I have 20 firearms myself." Salay said he is an NRA-certified gun instructor, a military veteran and a Boy Scout leader. [More]Oh, that explains it.
Plus he's an "Only One"!
Yo, dumb-fu...dd: They're already illegal in CA.
Which would have baffled the hell out of me and every one of my siblings and friends had you polled us several decades back...
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"I can modify the orange blaze top within two minutes with a black Sharpie, which I have done," Salay said.
modifying the weapon to make it fit your own description of it (evil) -- he must be applying for a job with BATFU, too?
"We need to do something to keep our children safe," said Salay.
well one way might be to raise them not to pull a gun on a police officer. just thinking out loud here.
Boy Scout leader, eh? Then he knows a realistic-looking gun can be carved out of WOOD. Cub Scouts learn whittling techniques on bars of SOAP. Such wooden or soap guns -- with a little felt-tip black pen coloration -- have fooled prison guards in escape attempts.
The solution is obvious, though malodorous.
What about a crook-ed stick?
Because every little boy knows a STRAIGHT stick is a RIFLE.
...or not give them the money to buy the toy from the ice cream vendor.
It appears that it was David who hit on the word "Enhance" here. My first thought was that the linked article made use of that word, and that would be the obvious point to comment on, since I am quite sure that there are "top men" working on "enhancing" gun laws just like "interrogation techniques". But I didn't find it...this time.
Don't know if that was your point or not, David, but it certainly made my skin crawl.
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CAPTCHA phrase: hymenim. Okay, time to stop with the creepy!
Good points, Jon.
Maybe if people didn't call the cops on kids with gunlike objects IN THE ABSENCE OF HEARING ANY SHOTS would be good, too.
Seen the photos of dear little Muslim boys aiming realistic toy guns at Israeli and American soldiers? When they hear about this ban attempt, they'll laugh so hard they wont be able to say "Bang! Die, infidel!"
"I can modify the orange blaze top within two minutes with a black Sharpie, which I have done," Salay said.
I can modify the orange blaze top within two seconds with a black strip of electrical tape.
Well, I can paint orange on my real guns, so there!
The Chatsworth Patch 21 Dec. story entitled Local Dad Pushes Toy-Gun Ban includes the following statements:
He said his 14-year-old-daughter … bought a pellet-firing black toy gun that Salay said looked much too real. "They look just like real guns," said Salay.
The Chatsworth Patch news story goes on to say: “Federal law requires look-alike guns to be clearly marked by either a bright orange tip or a completely bright or transparent color. However, the guns sold from the truck look real.”
Actually, federal law doesn’t require; “Traditional B-B, paint-ball, or pellet-firing air guns that expel a projectile through the force of compressed air, compressed gas or mechanical spring action, or any combination thereof … “ to be marked in any manner at all. See Code of Federal Regulations Title 15 Sec. 1150.1 Applicability (b)
I'm not sure if the Kalifornia penal code requires "BB guns, paintball, or pellet firing air guns" to be marked or not. As far as federal law is concerned these guns are not toys. Of course ... BATF just may decide that they may be readily convertible to machine guns, confiscate the nefarious weapons, and arrest Mr. Salay's daughters. If some fumble finger agent can figure out how to load the gun.
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