Should plastic guns be considered a threat?

[Black Orchid]

“They showed me a plastic machine gun and I said [to the girl] ‘you can’t play with toy guns around here and you can't take that into the hospital because people are scared.”

She said despite her warnings, the young girl walked into the hospital cafe, leaving a woman on the information desk “freaking out”.

Public nuisance? Stupidity?

In NSW, a firearm is defined quite broadly as a "gun or other weapon, that is (or at any time was) capable of propelling a projectile by means of an explosive", including blank fire firearms and air guns. The legislation also treats imitation ("replica") firearms, that are not specifically produced and identified as a children's toy, in the same manner as the firearm / gun / pistol / rifle / weapon that they represent.

https://www.armstronglegal.com.au/crimi ... /firearms/

[Black Orchid]

POLICE are appalled that a child can walk through Sydney’s CBD, past the site of an alleged terrorist attack, carrying a toy gun that looks very much like the real thing.

“In this heightened terrorism environment, if someone sees what looks to be a real firearm, regardless of the age of the person carrying it, they’re going to have genuine concerns,” Police Association of NSW president Scott Weber said.

Mr Weber’s comments were prompted by the shocking image of a young boy walking through Martin Place brandishing an imitation AK-47 assault rifle which has prompted the Baird government to consider new laws regulating the sale of realistic toy guns.

The picture shows the lad, who can be no older than nine or 10 years old, just metres from the site of December’s Lindt Cafe siege, with his finger on the trigger of the gun with a “fully loaded” magazine that appears to be a toy.

Mr Weber confirmed there had been “many” incidents across NSW where crimes have been committed by offenders brandishing toy firearms and police have to respond in the same way, regardless of whether the “weapon” is real or not.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/ ... af25992ed0

[freediver]

The bright plastic thing on the end of the barrel is the giveaway.

[Black Orchid]

Yes but a cop, or someone else with a gun/weapon, may not look that closely.

[Outlaw Yogi]

POLICE are appalled that a child can walk through Sydney’s CBD, past the site of an alleged terrorist attack, carrying a toy gun that looks very much like the real thing.

What a pack of wankers .. yes real guns like Glock pistols can be plastic, but that toy AK is about half the size of the real thing and AKs aren't plastic ... besides AK banana clips (30 round mags) don't show the bullets.
EDIT ADDITION: the scope on the toy is a dead give away ... fitting a scope to an aging assault rifle or any old military rifle for that matter is quite a muck around ... 1st you have to drill holes in the top of the breach block to fit a piece of angle (aluminium or steel) to attach the scope mounts to.

Spoze next they'll be having a hissy fit 'coz some kid in a park (or any public place) was playing with a Darth Vader light sabre that looks very much like the real thing.

[freediver]

Yes but a cop, or someone else with a gun/weapon, may not look that closely.

The idea is that it stands out the most when it is pointed at you. That's when you get shot - when you point it at a cop. If you aren't pointing it at them, they would try to de-escalate the situation.

[boxy]

Advocate to ban realistic toy guns then... oh, but that would be "political correctness gone mad", wouldn't it.

Heck, bamboozled again!

[Black Orchid]

Don't ban realistic toy guns just at LEAST fine moronic adults who wield them around hospitals to instil fear and freak people out. Especially when they are dressed in muslim garb.

What was her intent if not to create fear and panic?

[freediver]

Just kids playing ISIS and infidels.

[boxy]

Thought you said she was a teenager?