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evil_smurf wrote: Perhaps then we should look into banning toy gun sales unless a parent or guardian is with the child.

That's sensible.

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evil_smurf wrote:What is the difference between ice cream vendors selling toy guns and walmart selling toy guns, or internet websites selling toy guns that mail them to your house..... none... You just have to wait a bit longer to get it.

You need to be consistent in your argument. Either we sell toy guns in the US or we don't.

You have to go to a store, which means a definate effort while these ice cream vendors come down the street with their 'bells' on!

It's way tooooooo easy for the children this way, they don't even need a parent to take them to the store.

And, the ice cream vendors are only selling these in 'minority' neighborhoods the vendors outside these neighborhoods won't touch them because of moral conserns.

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evil_smurf wrote:Well ice cream vendors have a right to sell whatever they want from their own cars as long as it's legal. At the moment selling plastic guns is legal, and I believe it should stay legal.

Yes, you can't pass a law to stop stupidity, but you have to remember these are kids. What are kids doing robbing stores??? That's what the main problem here is.

They will get caught, and they will realize the stupidity of their errors, spend some time in juvy, and hopefully realize you can't do that. Some will probably get shot as well. That's a dang shame, but they asked for it. The best you can do is require by law for the tips to be orange for those kids who don't plan on robbing places with their toy gun.

And as far as painting your 1911 orange to gain an advantage... seriously.... do you think ANYBODY is going to think about that who's entire hobby doesn't revolve around guns and shooting like ours does? That statement was a little over the top.

And, it used to be ok to NOT buckle your child in a seatbelt/chair.
Heck, it used to be ok for me to drive without a seatbelt.

Seatbelt laws came in for our benefit, to save us from ourselves.

My children grew up just fine crawling around in the floorboard of my 74 LTD, no problems. Try that today!

Ok, so you're saying that ice cream vendors selling toy guns is ok, then so be it... but so was ridding around without seatbelts/childseats at one time.

I'm in favor of the ban against ice cream vendors selling toy guns.

kw5kw

evil_smurf wrote:i actually agree with that. highly realistic toy guns have caused fatal accidents. i do not agree with outright banning of fake guns from being sold or played with in public places, but i do believe all toy guns should have to have a bright orange tip on them.

It's been all over the news here...
Ice cream vendors are selling the kids guns...(guns have the orange tip)... kids either paint them or cover them with electrical tape to nulify their destinctive toy appearance.

Kids then go out and rob stores with toy guns that look real.

What would you do? I'd think it was real to begin with, and that would become a tragedy... not only for the kids family but for me.

I don't mind Academy selling pellet guns and paintball guns that mimic the real thing, but ice cream vendors?

Russ

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