11 years ago
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Toy Guns Should Not Look Like Real Ones: California Lawmaker
Pellet guns and other toy weaponry should not be allowed to look like the real thing, a California lawmaker said Friday, vowing to introduce a bill to ban such replicas following the accidental killing of a 13-year-old boy by sheriff's deputies.
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Link doesn't work page not found.
Yeah, it looks like its been removed sometime in the last 8 months. I posted a RL to a different source that appears to be working.
What I find sad is we live in a world where police expect 13 year old children to be pointing a real gun, and police react in retaliation - kill mode.
""By making toy guns more obvious to law enforcement, we can help families avoid the terrible grief of losing a child," he said." Maybe this solution is too obvious and simple, but how about don't shoot to kill?
Thank you /u/drunkenninja for posting a live link. I appreciate it :)