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Teen spends three days behind bars after cops find him armed with a water gun
(www.independent.co.uk)
this post was submitted on 19 Apr 2026
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To be fair that water gun does indeed look like a real gun.
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.
Excellent way to get shot by someone thinking you have a real gun.
Which is why it never leaves the house. At one time I thought to paint the tip orange.
I thought fake guns required an orange tip unless you have a filming license
I mean it is translucent so its not really a fake gun to look real its just not toy like from afar.
To be fair, it’s not illegal to be in possession of a water gun that looks like a real gun.
And somehow that requires more than an arrest, a court date, and being shown the door.
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?
You reminded me of this idiocy: a real gun made to look like a toy.
Should be just as illegal.
Why does anything in a movie look real?
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.