Called it
Way back when there was a push to make toy guns identifiable by having an orange tipped barrel, I quipped that criminals would start painting their barrels to avoid getting shot by police. Nailed it. If someone is pointing a gun at you, no matter the barrel color, presume it is a gun and act accordingly.
May 20th, 2014 at 12:19 pm
You mean stupid and arbitrary laws that seek to control behavior by mandating (or banning) objects don’t work? Who could have possibly known that?
May 20th, 2014 at 5:37 pm
Old news, they were doing this in West Homestead outside Pittsburgh) back in the 90s, causing the local cops to draw down on anything gun shaped.
May 21st, 2014 at 11:05 am
Well, the solution is obvious, just mandate that the toy companies issue a recall on all orange tipped toy guns and change the color to yellow!
FIXED!!