| I think people just need to stop being so overly hysterical when they see a gun, real or not.
Seriously, years back, even when in a hold up, people would try to overpower, or kill the perp, rather than just sit there crapping thier pants and panicing wondering where mister police man was..
Years ago, it wasnt a big deal to see a guy with a gun, as long as he wasn't threatening anyone with it, people paid him no mind.
People today panick when they see a piece of a toy gun, not even complete.
It's the irrational response to guns that is driving this. Yes, it is dangerous, just like some spiders can be, but we are dealing with an entire society that has arachniphobia. (I can't spell either)
It doesn't help things when officials feed this fear by passing silly regulations like this.
That said, if someone is told by a cop to freeze, and he points a potato at the cop, he should expect to get put down. SOciety should accept that as well. THis sort of legislation does'nt solve the issue at hand.
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