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Originally Posted by Chappy  I suppose in this day and age anything that remotely looks like a firearm will set off the warnings, and its good that it did. But here is another situation that someone is getting punished for someone elses misconception. Sad really that its come to this. |
Not a paintball gun, but we had a similar false alarm here in SoCal a couple weeks ago. A ROTC student carried his non-functioning training rifle inappropriately on a college campus (in plain view) and it caused a rather large law enforcement reaction.
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Gun scare defused at Cal State Dominguez Hills - Los Angeles Times