Teen walked through my driveway with a gun.

Him doing that could have easily gotten him killed.

Y’all are really stretching the definition of “mildly” lately

I was wondering why this was only “mildly” infuriating when I first saw it. I appreciate the cops’ restraint and speediness at least. Idk why on Earth (besides sheer stupidity/ignorance which is unfortunately all too common) you’d take that thing outside and wave it around.

“But did you die?” Teens doing dumbshit playing the ole fuck around and find out game.

I mean how would OP know it wasn’t a real gun? I’d have the same reaction if I saw anyone walking around like that. Needs a very obvious orange tip at the LEAST

So glad the cops were competent and decent—sounds like a quick, sane response that didn’t end with some awful situation.

I was into airsoft as a kid along with a group of neighborhood kids, and hated that we needed the orange tip on them. One of my friends dads let us have airsoft battles at his house, because he had a huge lot and woods out back. Even though this was 20+ years ago in a country adjacent suburb, his dad still made sure to let the neighbors know what we were doing. As well as repeatedly drive rules into our heads as well as sit on his deck keeping an eye on us.

We talked about taking the tips off or spray painting them for “authenticity” and as soon as he heard that he reemed us all a new one. He went off about the guns already looking to realistic and how stupid that would be, explaining even if we were kids ( mostly 12 years old ) and someone saw one of us with our airsoft guns they would probably think it was real and call the cops and they would probably show up and treat them as real guns. I still remember how deadly serious he got when talking to us.

Even the red tips now wouldn’t probably show up on a camera like this, and even if air soft enthusiasts want realistic guns it’s a terrible idea. Parents who give their kids realistic airsoft guns and let them run around the neighborhood are insane.

Here, before it gets locked

I’d say this is mildly interesting

(and super stupid😒)

This is why nerf guns and gel blasters have orange tips

Lucky at least it was an orbeez gel blaster and not a revolver or pistol. I still don’t like getting the creeps by seeing that though.

when i was a kid i remember a news story of a young kid, elementary school age, who was shot dead by police because they thought he had a real gun, but it was a toy gun with painted tips to make it look like a real one. gotta keep the orange tips, that shit is no joke.

You know what’s kind of interesting? In Japan, they sell fake/toy/replica guns in stores, and they don’t even have the orange tips on the muzzle. If you pull one out in public and start playing with one, people don’t care. That’s how few gun issues they have over there. No one cares if you’re carrying around a ‘gun’ because people getting shot is so rare.