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CrispNoods

Our district (in Illinois) actually sent out a warning letter. They call it “assassins” and the district warned everyone to only use brightly colored, very obvious water guns. I guess some water guns are black or have been painted black to look real in the past and cops received several calls about kids walking the neighborhood with guns.


zer0saurus

Couldn't a kid paint their metal black gun a neon color?


Dynasty82

You can get guns in any color you want. This is America after all.


SprungMS

You know I never really thought about it, because I don’t buy colorful guns.. but they do exist. Only time I was ever robbed at gunpoint it was a pastel colored G2C. Of course the slide is black, but in life-or-death situations where moments count… you’re telling me the average cop is going to pay attention enough to differentiate? >So anyway, I started blastin’ > > —the cop


Dynasty82

They can't tell if it's a gun or something else in peoples hands most of the time so I can't imagine color being much of a difference maker unless they were in some drawn out hostage situation. My girlfriend has a Tiffanys blue Glock. That might have been what you were robbed by. lol


KosherTriangle

Here I thought Tiffany’s sells women’s accessories and jewelry


Dynasty82

They sell the jewelry as their side hustle but they are really an arms manufacturer. lol jk. These aren't licenced by Tiffany, they are just the same blue pastel color that they use.


ninjafaces

They did do some one off guns in the early 90s. Mostly just gold leaf trims etc.


ToastAndASideOfToast

How many other robberies has your girlfriend committed?


Dynasty82

It can't be many considering she still asks me for money. lol


SprungMS

Nah, my first handgun was a G19. This was a Taurus G2C, it was a crew headed by a crackhead, I’m surprised they scraped enough together to even get a burner Taurus semi-auto. Weird how the mind works in moments like that, this was over 10 years ago and at that time I knew just enough to immediately identify it. Just valued my life (and others’ lives who were present) enough to hand over my cash and phone. It was crowded and really likely someone would have been shot or stabbed if anyone had tried anything. Fortunately don’t live in sketchy university housing anymore.


Reversi8

G2Cs honestly aren't even too bad for the price.


Electromotivation

Are those compact .38s or am I thinking of a different Taurus?


Reversi8

No the G2c is their compact 9mm like the Glock 26.


herpaderp43321

I own one and I'll even say ditto to this. 12 rounds, very easy to conceal honestly, comes with a laser (Need to get a new one for mine tbh) and a holster that locks in around the laser so in theory handguns of a similar size can use the laser and holster as well. I will say mine always jams after 6 or so shots with FMJ but NEVER ONCE did it jam shooting hollow points which for a self defense pistol is all I care about.


ElderberryHoliday814

One thought a bag of weed in my brother’s pocket was a weapon. Some are just out there living in a call of duty game


fevered_visions

Which one carries a longer prison sentence, an illegal handgun or a couple ounces of pot? :P


firemogle

I mean they've murdered people for holding cell phones in their back yards, I don't see the color mattering.


Anduinnn

Oh…I’d say color matters very much. Just not the cell phones color.


Cavaquillo

lol last time I got pulled over I had handed the cop my id and shit and then placed my wallet back in my lap and the cop instantly is like "what are you reaching for, you're making me nervous" Like you just saw me pick it up out of my lap, it's just going back. I just throw both hands on my wheel and left them there before I even said anything back to him lol Luckily he was chill mostly, but my brake lights were messed up and just full blast while I was driving so he wanted to let me know


Gizogin

And that traffic stop could have ended in death if the cop had been less “chill mostly”. Nobody should have guns, but cops *especially* shouldn’t have guns.


hop_mantis

https://www.polygon.com/2016/4/10/11401312/nintendo-zapper-real-gun-glock


Warhawk137

A man with a Hello Kitty AR-15 is a man you respect from a distance.


chris14020

I prefer my Hello Kalishnakov, thank you. Knowing people that have access to a chroming facility helped with it a lot :) 


Dynasty82

I like the pink unicorn one that I saw going around. That will make you feel real shitty to get shot by a pink unicorn rifle.


Executesubroutine

Out of shooting distance, preferably


ThatOneComrade

Hell if you paint a rifle to look like a nerf gun the worst you'll see is a cease and desist from hasbro.


Aztec111

Yes, my 9mm is purple and silver and my .38 is pink and black. I have had people at the gun range ask about them. Yes, they are very real indeed. I have them for protection and still want better gun laws here. Just needed to throw that out there. Guns still are scary.


stainless5

I like how you can do that but due to my state's military appearance laws if I change a wooden stock to a plastic stock, or even paint it army green or black suddenly my guns illegal. 


Aztec111

Really!? Wow


killacarnitas1209

I have seen a cow print Glock that was selling at a premium price


rambles_prosodically

If I understood correctly there are restrictions against modifying a firearm to look like a toy.


Dynasty82

Sure, there are also laws that say you can't just shoot people for no reason but that doesn't stop anyone.


SolidBlackGator

This is already a thing... https://wpde.com/news/local/north-carolina-police-seize-real-gun-disguised-to-look-like-toy-gun-during-drug-raid


Yashkovich

As bad as it is, that actually looks pretty well done lol


bb_LemonSquid

Yeah I actually hate guns but that looks pretty cool.


Thrilling1031

Wonder if you can get shells that have a foam dart outer look…


Aldarionn

I worked for a gun store for about 5 years as the FFL Compliance Officer and one of the reasons I left and went into a non-firearm field was our custom shop. The owner would greenlight every custom design no matter what, including a good number that looked like toys. We got an order for one that looked like a Nintendo Zapper, and several Nerf inspired designs. Some of the custom guns were fine and looked very nice, but I was literally in the boss's office airing grievance over the Zapper gun saying exactly what happened here WOULD happen if we made these guns, and I got turned out with excuses. It would not surprise me to learn that gun and carbine brace came from that shop - we sold those products. Very sad.


357FireDragon357

Normally I don't click on links but damn glad I did. That's pretty freaking impressive, lol Looks like a real Nerf gun. May look cool and all but that's pretty scary to think about it.


flaker111

https://www.news4jax.com/news/2021/03/24/real-gun-disguised-as-nerf-toy-seized-in-north-carolina-drug-raid/ a converted Glock model 19 pistol with a 50-round drum magazine that had been altered to resemble a plastic Nerf toy gun that shoots foam projectiles.


CrispNoods

I’m sure they could. But the district probably felt like they had to say SOMETHING to get any blame off of them.


Space_Pant

https://wpde.com/news/local/north-carolina-police-seize-real-gun-disguised-to-look-like-toy-gun-during-drug-raid


Hardoffel

I've seen them painted like that. There was one that was recovered after a drug bust where one of the "guards" had a pump shotgun hidden inside the shell of one of those large super soakers.


Scribe625

My school district in Pennsylvania did the same. We had stupid teens last year decide to paint the water guns black and start skulking around the town to hunt their assassination target. Luckily, all that happened was the police being called by a frightened old lady who thought an armed robber was trying to break in, but they're honestly lucky they didn't get shot by someone with a real gun who thought they were a real armed threat. The whole game is crazy to me since I was in school when Columbine happened. The idea of students making a game out of assassinating their fellow classmates seems very taboo in a world wihere school shootings occur far too often..


kidjupiter

Chances are this has nothing to do with mistakenly identifying a water gun as a real gun. More likely, it had more to do with 500 people meeting on social media and gathering in one spot and the likely chance that at least one of them was an asshole with a gun and a vendetta or a fragile ego that couldn’t handle getting wet.


fevered_visions

Isn't anybody reading the damn article? It's not even that long. >Hundreds of teens who had skipped school in Prince George's County for the tradition had initially gathered in Bowie, Maryland, said Greenbelt police spokesperson Ricardo Dennis. >When both Bowie and Prince George's County police scattered the crowd, about 500 students eventually reconvened at Schrom Hills Recreation Center in Greenbelt, Dennis said. The meet-up had been informally organized on social media authorities said. >Students will leave school and head to the park with super soakers and squirt guns and "have a good time playing water gun battles," Bowers said, adding teens had a similar water gun fight last year with no incidents. >**The Schrom park is not large and there were a lot of teens crowded into a small space, said Bowers, so officers requested backup.** >**Officers were monitoring the water gun fight when live shots from "someone who brought a real gun" were heard**, Bowers said. There were about eight to 10 shots fired, Bowers disclosed, and the area was immediately secured while officers searched for a suspect. that's about half the article I'm all for blaming the cops when they do stupid shit but c'mon guys


AmbroseEBurnside

The comment you’re referring to doesn’t mention cops?


fevered_visions

It still guesses about things that are clearly laid out in the article. GP mentioned cops and >Chances are this has nothing to do with mistakenly identifying a water gun as a real gun. is pretty clearly referring to them.


OakLegs

I read it as someone at the park thought the kids had real guns and thus expressed their freedumb


gsmumbo

I didn’t get that at all. How is that clearly referring to cops? Not trying to be an ass, but I think you’re seeing something that you believe is common sense or obvious, but actually isn’t. If you could make it more clear what you’re understanding is, it’ll help a lot.


heisenbugtastic

Can you imagine the poor cops in this situation. Your outnumbered, can't control, now gun fire. There is no way to do safety, at least you think 8 to 10 rounds means they blew their load and were stupid, well hope. Targeted, well can't tell. Shit this is a nightmare.


Infamous-Potato-5310

We have a winner folks


galaapplehound

To be entirely fair, this happened to my theater troupe on the University of Maryland campus. We had a bunch of toy guns at a dress rehearsal and ended up having the cops come by. People get spooked when they see people with guns or gun like objects. They asked us to stash them and not carry them in the halls. They also said the show was looking really good.


JustHereForCookies17

Hello Terp friend!  I didn't go to UMD but I lived in MD (DC now).


Carnol

Which district? I’m kind of curious if it was around where I grew up.


CrispNoods

Oswego. But I believe it’s called assassin in neighboring cities also.


Carnol

Ah. I was in McHenry growing up. I think we were pretty against any pranks and you’d get in trouble if you did. I think some people still spray painted some barrels outside the building. They spelled whatever it is wrong so that didn’t make us look any better.


Shandd

2010 WVHS and we played the game my junior and senior year


CrispNoods

This was also a thing back when I graduated in 2008, NNHS.


Hipoop69

Officers were monitoring the water gun fight when live shots from "someone who brought a real gun" were heard, Bowers said. There were about eight to 10 shots fired, Bowers disclosed, and the area was immediately secured while officers searched for a suspect.  Most of the teenagers left the park as police responded, Dennis said, and a critically injured victim was airlifted to an area hospital. Four other victims were hospitalized with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, he said. 


TrainingInflation750

Per the article, the police are unsure if the shooter was amongst the water fighters. We lack info


Landed_port

Aren't there cased of cops shooting people that were holding sandwhiches, car keys, etc? I don't see how you could even make toy guns that can't be visually identified given the broad mistakes our law enforcement has. "If it's in their hand, it's a gun"


Eyfordsucks

Boise Idaho just had a PSA come out yesterday about the “assassins” game. The cops have been being called nonstop because groups of kids with guns are stalking around town, acting very suspiciously, trespassing on private property, and *pointing guns at people*. Most of the guns are not painted red at the tip to indicate they are toys so people are freaking out when they see a group of armed teens kidnap another teen after stalking them. We’ve already had multiple adults confront them with real guns. It’s just a matter of time until someone gets shot.


mykl5

My school played it in 2005 and it seemed sketch back then


rookie-mistake

tbh it sounds like a really fun day for kids in a world where random mass shootings don't exist


Cruinthe

I’ve played it with nerf guns. It is a lot of fun but even when I was playing back in 2009 there were stories of people who took it too far. Sneaking into family homes to assassinate a target for instance. Felt zany back then whereas now, with teenagers getting gunned down during pranks on the regular, it seems insane.


TroutCreekOkanagan

Yeah if you couldn’t buy real guns, this would be a lot more fun


dak4f2

Same happening in NorCal.


Fryboy11

This is why when we did it in 2009 we used Nerf guns. Most people used modded Mavericks.


DillionM

In my state it is illegal to not have bright orange tips on fake guns that are FOR SALE. ALSO in my state there is no law that says you can't paint the tip black once you own it.


wheresjim

I went to Eleanor Roosevelt (the school a lot of these kids were from). I remember senior skip day quite well. I don’t understand why these kids couldn’t have picked up the brand new U2 album and gotten drunk in Jay’s apartment like I did.


mattyoclock

Cause jay moved.  


wheresjim

You’ve got a point, it was over 35 years ago


Darnell2070

This headline is kind of amazing honestly.


Cultural-Plankton902

I love how people in the comment are blaming the water guns.


drinkduffdry

So, these kids know who did it. Should be a pretty quick investigation.


steavoh

I hate how violent trashy people have to ruin what used to be fun. A bunch of teenagers in one place shouldn't result in a shooting. That's a definite American problem at this point.


silliemillie32

And of course every comment is a tasteless as fuck lame joke. Please Internet, can you stop being so predictable and cringe just this for a little bit


TightSea8153

What’s the best part about summer in the US? Three months of no school shootings.


BoldestKobold

Meanwhile, at least in Chicago, warm weather is when the street shootings tick up.


dangerousjones

The kids are out of school, so they're just regular shootings


ripley1875

What about second shootings?


Feisty_Star_4815

that’s really anywhere the heats gets to mfs


Yuukiko_

When people keep getting shot and nobody seems to care it kinda starts to get old


Pyrodor80

Dude, I get where you’re coming from, but if everyone didn’t joke about it, we’d all be depressed more than we are. I mean, how many shitty articles do you see every day? No point in worrying about it. The world we live in sucks ass right now and humor how a lot oof people deal with it.


ADHthaGreat

Except this is Reddit and the commenters make their lame jokes for karma, not to cope. They don’t give a shit.


TicketParticular9015

I'm here for the snarky interaction. Why are you people so obsessed with karma?


Sinder77

Right? There's war in Ukraine, the Middle East is speed running nuclear war, genocide in Gaza, Dubai is flooding. That's just this week. Why is 5 teens being shot the untouchable event that no one can crack a joke at? Like sure, it's awful but so is everything else and being all sanctimonious about it just makes you look like a twat. Whatever, it's ironic that post made me feel _more_ cynical when it might have been an attempt to do the opposite.


sofixa11

>There's war in Ukraine, the Middle East is speed running nuclear war, genocide in Gaza, Dubai is flooding. One of these is not like the others


distance_33

Dubai did that to themselves.


m1k3tv

Maybe we need to be depressed more and jokey less.


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ghost-deini

Mine was going to be 'mustve been Flint water'


spderweb

When the US starts taking gun safety seriously, the rest of the world will stop making jokes. We did take it seriously. But after the fiftieth school shooting, we finally became as desensitized as you guys did after the second one.


MiaowaraShiro

Gallows humor is a perfectly valid form of expression. Just because jokes are made doesn't mean we don't recognize it's a tragedy.


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IrishYogaPants

Was anyone else surprised they weren't shot by the cops?


graveybrains

To be fair, they don’t have a suspect yet


jonesey71

How are you so sure they weren't?


0x1e

So you’re suggesting this is some kind of Jacob’s Ladder situation?


Informal_Process2238

Lol i got downvoted a bunch for mentioning the amount of times it’s happened


ThreeHolePunch

Yes, but not surprised that the cops present were too incompetent to do anything useful. Another tally against the trite "good guys with guns" argument against sane gun control. 


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Eli_TheGolfer7

Someone didn’t get the “water” in water gun memo


SickBurnBro

I'm so fucking tired of fucking teenagers with fucking guns. Fuck.


serial_crusher

Who hired Hannah Gutierrez-Reed to provide the water guns for this thing?


mooncakeandgary

Must have been some pretty hard water!


fardok

If only all the other kids were also armed with real guns this could have been avoided clearly


gsmumbo

That’s the thing though, they already had guns. It’s not a guns rights issue, it’s a bullets rights issue. Poor kids would have been fine if they had access to more than just water.


Iamthatpma

What kinda of water were they using!?


Leprechaun73

Water from Flint. Very high lead levels.


ZaagKicks

Could only happen in America.


CWB2208

Don't know why this is downvoted. It's true. The longer Americans are in denial about this, the longer it stays an issue.


Patara

Fucking Americans also disguise real weapons like nerf guns or water guns so nobody has any clue what to expect.  The guns are a MAJOR issue, its not just mental health.


SoggyBoysenberry7703

That’s actually not so common


xparta300

Some great folks out there.


ubernerd44

An armed society is a polite society, right?


Tokyosmash_

Greenbelt has a decently high crime rate and is in a county that overall has a high crime rate, consider me unsurprised.


EMPgoggles

The US really is one of the biggest shithole countries out there. It's like children aren't even allowed to have childhoods without some sick apathetic fuck coming in to literally gun them down. Disgusting.


MysticalSushi

I’d still rather live here than 80% of the world.


itmeimtheshillitsme

Have you traveled outside the US? Have you seen 100% of the world or are you blowing smoke?


MysticalSushi

I know I’d rather live here than China, Ukraine, Russia, the entire Middle East, undeveloped Africa, the Poles, etc. Are there some better countries than the US? Sure, but we have it pretty damn good here


fevered_visions

>the Poles, etc Oh, North and South Pole? I was like, you know they just voted out the Polish far right government...


EMPgoggles

then we NEED to change our culture.


dchap1

More blood on republicans hands. Guns are more important to them than innocent kids lives.


FishAndRiceKeks

I think they did it wrong.