Posted on 02/25/2010 10:33:40 AM PST by Sasparilla
The Canadian Safety Council has asked police to push for registering and licensing replica toy guns. Several persons have been killed by police while they were holding guns that turned out to be toy replicas.
But, facts show that many people killed while holding a toy gun were acting irresponsibly with them and acting like they were real when confronted by police. One man was killed while pointing a replica toy gun and threatening police that he would shoot it. Another held a replica gun in his hand after being stopped following a police car chase. And another held an air gun replica Sig Sauer and would not respond to police commands to put it down. A bank robber was killed when he pointed a fake gun at officers and said he would shoot. About 40% of guns seized in Ottawa are fake guns.
Toy guns do get people into other kinds of trouble in Canada too. A LEGO gun got a Toronto man in trouble. One of Jeremy Bell’s co-workers saw him...
(Excerpt) Read more at armedselfdefense.blogspot.com ...
sheesh, Can Canada get any more stupid?
what the h@ll happened to that country? oh,
right, nevermind.
I think the Canadians need to have police training programs for their officers so that they can recognize toy guns!!! LOL
Here in Washington customs seized (or was it BATF) some toy guns they said could be made to fire real ammunition ... plastic guns firing real bullets???????
Now how is registering a toy gun going to keep you from getting shot by police if they think it is real and you are waving it at them?
Why don’t these people just go to N Korea to get their jollies?
“Now how is registering a toy gun going to keep you from getting shot by police if they think it is real and you are waving it at them?”
D’OOH
Take off, hosers!
Who's a Python fan? :-)
From My Cold Little Chocolate Covered Hands
Getting all high and mighty, eh? Fresh fruit not good enough for you eh?
scissors and all knives.....
oh! pencils.....
:-)
Then they’ll come after bananas!
“Well let me tell you something lad! When you’re walking home tonight and some great homicidal maniac comes after YOU with a bunch of loganberries, don’t come cryin’ to me!”
Not satire.
Thats just pathetic
You know that society is in trouble when Monty Python skits appear as a voice of reason and sanity, rather than utter satire. :-)
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