• phx@lemmy.ca
        6·
        6 days ago

        A crazy person no. A cult of crazy people in a compound… yeah rushing can be more dangerous than holding back

      • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
        95·
        6 days ago

        Replicas aren’t toys. They are often a barrel or tigger group assembly away from being a proper firearm.

        • lad@programming.devEnglish
          310·
          6 days ago

          And yet they are not a firearm

          I’ve seen people using fireworks as firearms on the streets, there’s no sense in measuring distance from being a proper firearm, imo

            • lad@programming.devEnglish
              31·
              6 days ago

              Okay, so I was wrong

              Edit: it doesn’t even state that it should be close to usable, just that it resembles closely enough. So I admit to being wrong but now I don’t understand your point of it being almost a firearm

              • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
                41·
                6 days ago

                One of the largest markets for replicas is the entertainment industry. Which uses squibs, blanks or other methods to make it look like they were fired. Which without modification can cause serious injury or death.

                Having a pistol that can fire a low charge blank doesn’t need a fully hardened barrel, which on some is easily replaced. As an example.

                There is also the ability to make someone think you are holding a firearm that could cause them harm (easy if the person isn’t infantry qualified), especially during a robbery.

                These people didn’t have them to put them in a shadow box, they had them to appear more dangerous, which can push them into the terrorist designation.

              • xthexder@l.sw0.com
                42·
                6 days ago

                If it looks like a real gun, it’s pretty much exactly as effective for commiting crimes as a real unloaded gun. There’s very few legitimate reasons to have a replica firearm and they are highly regulated. Anyone with a criminal record would not be able to get a license for prohibited firearms.

            • njm1314@lemmy.world
              31·
              6 days ago

              Brother, cops will shoot a child holding a the yellow piece of plastic with a big red button at the end. That ain’t the argument you think it is.