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Earlier this year, a child with a pellet gun (which appeared like a small rifle from a distance.....not a handgun) was seen walking along a street in my town without adult supervision, aiming it at squirrels and other critters. A concerned citizen called police and asked them to keep an eye on him because she was worried that the child might shoot at her pets. Luckily, our police are not complete cowards and the citizen who called knows the difference between what is basically toy and a gun. The police walked up to the child, took his pellet gun, and drove him home.
I wasn't there in Celeveland and I don't know how this kid was acting or how old he looked or how good the visibility was....but if the point of a pellet gun shaped to look like a hunting rifle is to safely teach kids how to eventually handle the responsibilities of a hunting rifle, then what is the purpose of a pellet gun shaped like a pistol or revolver?
I know it's not beyond cops to make mistakes or to be scared of trivial things (like the family golden retriever, for instance)......but where the hell were this kid's parents when he thought it was a good idea to run around a park with a pellet gun that looks like a .22 caliber revolver from a distance?
Most airsoft and bb/pellet guns look like firearms. Even a lot of toy guns look real enough to panic anyone in a stress situation.
In many of those cases, adults should know the difference between a toy and a real gun.....but in this case, didn't the kid have the orange plastic pieces removed to make it appear like a real revolver from a distance?
In many of those cases, adults should know the difference between a toy and a real gun.....but in this case, didn't the kid have the orange plastic pieces removed to make it appear like a real revolver from a distance?
This is a nightmare scenario for a cop.
It was not a revolve but a semi-automatic pistol. See it here in the evidence box.
This cop needs to be tried for murder...I don't care, he was unarmed...it was a toy...you can tell the difference.
Furthermore...cops need to be trained to shoot the legs or arms...not in the chest...that chest is an automatic kill shot.
Tired of cops being the judge jury and executioner. I have no respect for them anymore...the next time you see a cop actually help a kid like this will be the first.
Eour police are not complete cowards and the citizen who called knows the difference between what is basically toy and a gun.
You don't seem to understand, these toys are absolutely identical in both size and the way they look to the real thing except the orange tip. They are modeled after real guns. Unless you were holding it in your hand knowing the difference is impossible.
..didn't the kid have the orange plastic pieces removed to make it appear like a real revolver from a distance?
Frankly I don't think that orange tip makes a bit of difference whether it's on or off the gun because you can just as easily add an orange tip to the real thing.
When the cop says freeze and drop the gun, if you point the gun, (fake or not) in the cops direction, you are likely to get killed. Sometimes bad decisions can be hazardous to your health.
A single bullet can take a life coming from a gun being held by a 12 year old or an 82 year old. That's why the number one rule of firearms is never point it at something you aren't prepared to shoot.
You are being way too logical. The officer was supposed to take him out for ice cream.
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