Didn't somebody post that gun or another pink gun earlier in this thread? I think I said it looks like the old school NES gun.
so this
offsets this
is that what you're saying?
More hysteria from the anti-gun crowd. Remember: It's for the children.
http://washingtonexaminer.com/polic...or-bringing-toy-gun-to-school/article/2520632
A 10-year-old Alexandria boy was arrested after police said he brought a toy handgun to school on Tuesday, a day after he showed it to others on a school bus.
The boy, a fifth-grader at Douglas MacArthur Elementary School whose name is not being released, was charged as a juvenile with brandishing a weapon, police said.
He was also suspended from school, and Alexandria City Public Schools Superintendent Morton Sherman said further action is being considered, including expulsion. ...
School officials said they learned about the incident Monday evening and immediately started investigating. Alexandria police spoke to school administrators Tuesday morning before the boy got to school.
When the boy arrived, authorities found the toy in his backpack. He was taken into custody, transported to a juvenile detention center for booking and then released to his parents, Hildebrandt said.
"The safety of our students is always our first concern," Sherman said. "We appreciate the quick response and action by our police."
The toy resembled a semi-automatic handgun, said police spokesman Jody Donaldson. It was silver and had a black handle. It also had a orange tip that went into the barrel, showing that no ammunition was coming out of it.
If Beachbumdeac doesn't post for a while, I might have found him...
http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/06/justice/dc-family-research-council-shooting/?hpt=po_c2
1968 to 1980 | 377,000 |
1981 to 1998 | 620,525 |
1999 to 2010 | 364,483 |
2011 | 32,163 |
Total | 1,384,171 |
Revolutionary War | 4,435 |
War of 1812 | 2,260 |
Mexican War | 13,283 |
Civil War (Union and Confederate, estimated) | 525,000 |
Spanish-American War | 2,446 |
World War I | 116,516 |
World War II | 405,399 |
Korean War | 36,574 |
Vietnam War | 58,220 |
Persian Gulf War | 383 |
Afghanistan War | 2,175 |
Iraq War | 4,486 |
Total | 1,171,177 |
This link is a few weeks old but I don't recall seeing it posted. A week after Sandy Hook, PBS commentator Mark Shields said on-air that more Americans have been killed by domestic gun incidents since 1968 than have been killed in all U.S. wars, ever. He wasn't exaggerating.
Gunfire deaths:
1968 to 1980 377,000 1981 to 1998 620,525 1999 to 2010 364,483 2011 32,163 Total 1,384,171
War deaths:
Revolutionary War 4,435War of 1812 2,260Mexican War 13,283Civil War (Union and Confederate, estimated) 525,000Spanish-American War 2,446World War I 116,516World War II 405,399Korean War 36,574Vietnam War 58,220Persian Gulf War 383Afghanistan War 2,175Iraq War 4,486Total 1,171,177
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-m...mmentator-mark-shields-says-more-killed-guns/