I have one just like that, when it came in the mail my first thought was "this never leaves the house" Its a awesome little water pistol though and I use it frequently to wake the my kids.
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.
I saw another article about this. Apparently, one of the neighbors took a real gun out into his front yard and fired a warning shot into the ground. That guy was not arrested.
The article should have been about that guy's overreaction and him getting arrested for it. But here we are.
The police response was way out of proportion, a kid should not spend any time in jail for having a toy that looks like a weapon that he is legally allowed to carry, and also that kid is a grade-A dumbass for using a water pistol designed to look like a real pistol. If he points that at someone, and that someone shoots him, that someone would have a valid self-defense case
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Double_A@discuss.tchncs.de · 22 pts · 106d
To be fair that water gun does indeed look like a real gun.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 106d
I have one just like that, when it came in the mail my first thought was "this never leaves the house" Its a awesome little water pistol though and I use it frequently to wake
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Excellent way to get shot by someone thinking you have a real gun.
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 106d
Which is why it never leaves the house. At one time I thought to paint the tip orange.
Chiarottide@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 106d
I thought fake guns required an orange tip unless you have a filming license
ThePantser@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 106d
I mean it is translucent so its not really a fake gun to look real its just not toy like from afar.
atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 106d
To be fair, it’s not illegal to be in possession of a water gun that looks like a real gun.
Eheran@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 106d
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?
NABDad@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 106d
You reminded me of this idiocy: a real gun made to look like a toy.
Eheran@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 106d
Should be just as illegal.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 106d
Why does anything in a movie look real?
Delphia@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 106d
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.
Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 18 pts · 106d
Not sure why the DA pushed on this.
Drusas@fedia.io · 9 pts · 106d
I saw another article about this. Apparently, one of the neighbors took a real gun out into his front yard and fired a warning shot into the ground. That guy was not arrested.
The article should have been about that guy's overreaction and him getting arrested for it. But here we are.
kieron115@startrek.website · 8 pts · 106d
nawww the article should be about why the fuck we're marketing a water gun that looks that real to ages three and up
Spacehooks@reddthat.com · 9 pts · 106d
Aren't they supposed to have orange tips in america?
starman2112@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 106d
The police response was way out of proportion, a kid should not spend any time in jail for having a toy that looks like a weapon that he is legally allowed to carry, and also that kid is a grade-A dumbass for using a water pistol designed to look like a real pistol. If he points that at someone, and that someone shoots him, that someone would have a valid self-defense case
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · -9 pts · 106d
The US version the cops shot the kid within seconds of arrival on site.
Nomad@infosec.pub · 23 pts · 106d
Indiana is located within the US.
HubertManne@piefed.social · 2 pts · 106d
was gonna say this was on my local news.
TheGoldenV@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 106d
Dang I should have read more carefully…
MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 106d
What do you mean? This happened in the US.
lazynooblet@lazysoci.al · 10 pts · 106d
Probably assumed it wasn't America because they didn't kill the kid.
crimson_iris@piefed.social · 4 pts · 106d
Can't expect people to read the fucking article I guess.
Oval@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 106d
America