The 18-year-old was playing a ‘senior assassins’ game in Indiana that ended up sparking reports of an active threat
    • ThePantser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      191·
      12 天前

      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.

      What mine looks like.

      • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        44·
        12 天前

        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.

      • Eheran@lemmy.worldEnglish
        33·
        12 天前

        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?

  • Drusas@fedia.io
    10·
    12 天前

    I saw another article about this. Apparently, one of the neighbors took a real gun out into his front yard and fired a warning shot into the ground. That guy was not arrested.

    The article should have been about that guy’s overreaction and him getting arrested for it. But here we are.

    • kieron115@startrek.websiteEnglish
      8·
      12 天前

      nawww the article should be about why the fuck we’re marketing a water gun that looks that real to ages three and up

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    9·
    12 天前

    The police response was way out of proportion, a kid should not spend any time in jail for having a toy that looks like a weapon that he is legally allowed to carry, and also that kid is a grade-A dumbass for using a water pistol designed to look like a real pistol. If he points that at someone, and that someone shoots him, that someone would have a valid self-defense case