Sahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agoTeen spends three days behind bars after cops find him armed with a water gunwww.independent.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square26linkfedilinkarrow-up1112arrow-down12
arrow-up1110arrow-down1external-linkTeen spends three days behind bars after cops find him armed with a water gunwww.independent.co.ukSahwa@reddthat.com to Not The Onion@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square26linkfedilink
minus-squareatomicbocks@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·2 months agoTo be fair, it’s not illegal to be in possession of a water gun that looks like a real gun.
minus-squaremindbleach@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAnd somehow that requires more than an arrest, a court date, and being shown the door.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·2 months agoQuestion is why tho? Is there a need to have toys look like real weapons? Especially when at the same time people also easily get real guns?
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoYou reminded me of this idiocy: a real gun made to look like a toy.
minus-squareAlexstarfire@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoWhy does anything in a movie look real?
minus-squareDelphia@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down2·2 months agoPosession no but “brandishing” is a legitimate charge in a lot of places. Waving a gun around in a public place makes people nervous and if bystanders cant tell the difference then for the purposes of the charge you were brandishing a weapon.
To be fair, it’s not illegal to be in possession of a water gun that looks like a real gun.
And somehow that requires more than an arrest, a court date, and being shown the door.
Question is why tho? Is there a need to have toys look like real weapons? Especially when at the same time people also easily get real guns?
You reminded me of this idiocy: a real gun made to look like a toy.
Should be just as illegal.
Why does anything in a movie look real?
Posession no but “brandishing” is a legitimate charge in a lot of places. Waving a gun around in a public place makes people nervous and if bystanders cant tell the difference then for the purposes of the charge you were brandishing a weapon.