The Times Herald reports
For gun lovers and criminals alike, replica gun manufacturers' trend toward ever-more realistic-looking guns is a boon.
In California, while "Airsoft" guns are sold with bright orange muzzle markings, full-body colored paint or clear, BB and pellet guns are exempt from special paint requirements, because, manufacturers say, they are not toys and should not be marked as such.
Three retail store owners in the greater Vallejo area contacted for this article in recent weeks said they no longer carried the realistic-looking guns. Two others declined requests to be interviewed.
In Vallejo, twice in less than four months, police have fired -- fatally -- on people allegedly carrying and/or wielding such replica guns.
Doesn't it sometimes seem that gun-rights advocates become a bit defensive whenever we suggest gun control? What are they afraid of? Do they really think if they give even one inch we'll take a mile?
How about if we start out with the mile. Let's ban realistic-looking replica guns outright.
What do you think? Please leave a comment.
"Doesn't it sometimes seem that gun-rights advocates become a bit defensive whenever we suggest gun control? What are they afraid of? Do they really think if they give even one inch we'll take a mile?"
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think that is exactly the case. Just look at the history of many of the gun-control movements. The Brady Campaign, for example, started as the National Council to Control Handguns and then Handgun Control Inc. started with the following stated mission"
"We'll take one step at a time, and the first is necessarily - given the political realities - very modest. We'll have to start working again to strengthen the law, and then again to strengthen the next law and again and again. Our ultimate goal, total control of handguns, is going to take time. The first problem is to slow down production and sales. Next is to get registration. The final problem is to make possession of all handguns and ammunition (with a few exceptions) totally illegal"
So you show us a realistic toy from the past and then claim that there were no realistic toys years ago? From a bit of a distance, those Colt SAA toys look like the genuine article.
ReplyDeleteBut that's no big deal. What matters is your continual attack on freedom. As I explained to the fellow from Oregon, a pellet gun that is made like the real thing allows for cheap practice. The controls are the same, as is the feel. I realize that none of this matters to your side, since you don't want us to have skill with firearms, but you should admit that your goal here is to get rid of guns.