If some California state legislators get their way, soft air gun as well as such items as BB and pellet rifles and handguns would have to come in such exotic colors as pink or orange.
This, in order for the police to distinguish them from the real deal.
Talk about overkill, but that's California where logic and laws are often at polar opposite ends of the political spectrum.
Can you imagine Ralphie in "A Christmas Story" asking his parents for a pink-colored Daisy Red Ryder air rifle BB gun?
For that matter, picture a high-tech Olympic-grade $2,000 air rifle also being painted from stern to bow in hot orange.
No one said that common sense prevails in la-la Land.
- Jeffrey L. Frischkorn
JFrischkorn@News-Herald.com
BB guns are perfectly suitable for all these situations as these are made for the purpose of target practice and fun.
ReplyDeleteThey make a Pink Red Ryder... My daughter got one for Christmas...
ReplyDeleteReally, with the high powered bb/pellet guns, a well placed shot can do a lot of damage... Also, assuming a bright colored gun is not the real thing could be more dangerous than assuming a gun colored bb/pellet gun were a real gun...