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
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.
nawww the article should be about why the fuck we’re marketing a water gun that looks that real to ages three and up
The US version the cops shot the kid within seconds of arrival on site.
What do you mean? This happened in the US.
Probably assumed it wasn’t America because they didn’t kill the kid.
To be fair that water gun does indeed look like a real gun.
To be fair, it’s not illegal to be in possession of a water gun that looks like a real gun.
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.
