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42. But they don't care about legal gun owners being killed.

Reply to benEzra (Reply #39)

Sat Sep 17, 2016, 10:57 PM

Sep 2016

After all, they own/carry guns.

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Ohio boy, 13, shot and killed by police after pulling out BB gun [View all] lostnfound Sep 2016 OP

"Shot multiple times." Can we ban BB guns, or does the NRA stand in the way of that, too? lostnfound Sep 2016 #1

No video so it won't get the attention that Tamir Rice case,received lostnfound Sep 2016 #2

I used to roam the streets with an air rifle when I was 13. EL34x4 Sep 2016 #7

Are you seriously proposing to ban BB guns, or is that a rhetorical question? benEzra Sep 2016 #30

I'm seriously asking how can we stop kids from getting executed for a legal object on their person lostnfound Sep 2016 #33

Thoughts... benEzra Sep 2016 #39

But they don't care about legal gun owners being killed. oneshooter Sep 2016 #42

Who is "they"? lostnfound Sep 2016 #45

Many on this board would be happy if legal gun owners were killed. n/t oneshooter Sep 2016 #47

Lots of good, worthwhile thoughts lostnfound Sep 2016 #46

guns per capita Enrique Sep 2016 #3

agree. So if we can't get rid of guns, can we ban the lookalikes? lostnfound Sep 2016 #4

BB guns lostnfound Sep 2016 #5

here's the thing.... Locrian Sep 2016 #6

Exactly. Who knows whether to believe them, if they routinely allow cover ups by their peers? lostnfound Sep 2016 #10

You claim to reflexively not believe the cops -- unless it's about guns. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2016 #14

Chicago has long had one of the lowest rates of legal gun ownership in the United States. benEzra Sep 2016 #40

This is why vest cameras can help good cops also Tom Rinaldo Sep 2016 #12

Absolutely philosslayer Sep 2016 #41

I don't understand why a BB gun is considered a toy. I wouldn't want to stand in front of that toy Sunlei Sep 2016 #8

Actual BB guns aren't toys. Airsoft plastic-pellet guns *can* be toys, but aren't always. benEzra Sep 2016 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author XemaSab Sep 2016 #9

Police statement on it and Atlantic Monthly article about it lostnfound Sep 2016 #11

person who fled with Tyreewas not taken into custody lostnfound Sep 2016 #13

Epidemic of gun violence and epidemic of bad parenting Blandocyte Sep 2016 #15

Police lie... MrScorpio Sep 2016 #16

Interesting Opinion:"why I don't believe a word police say immediately after they kill someone" mackdaddy Sep 2016 #17

local tv station & paper have some info irisblue Sep 2016 #18

Why didn't his parents teach him right from wrong? Taitertots Sep 2016 #19

You're not supposed to ask this question. EL34x4 Sep 2016 #20

No. It isn't, and that wasn't the point. The points re lostnfound Sep 2016 #23

Maybe society can do more to support better parenting Blandocyte Sep 2016 #25

Not just better parenting but better neighboring, better mentoring lostnfound Sep 2016 #29

I can't believe the police version of events Bradical79 Sep 2016 #21

+1, we've now been conditioned not to believe them seeing some cities don't have good leadership uponit7771 Sep 2016 #35

Someone Needs to Ask Walmart to Stop Carrying These Weapons eringer Sep 2016 #22

That's awful - $12. lostnfound Sep 2016 #24

Gun Image Warning bighart Sep 2016 #26

Unbelievable. It's got a lot of replica features of a real pistol that a B.B. gun doesn't need. Calista241 Sep 2016 #27

Crazy how "real" they look. bighart Sep 2016 #28

This isn't a toy; you may be thinking of plastic-pellet-shooting Airsoft guns, benEzra Sep 2016 #32

I get carded when I buy practice arrows XemaSab Sep 2016 #34

Thanks, BenEzra, for that instructive short discussion of types of BB guns etc. ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #36

bighart, wow, thanks for the illustration and information ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #37

Would it have been "okay" if the kid had a real gun? Or if the kid was 6 years old? ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #38

Those are troubling questions as is the fact that the other wasn't arrested lostnfound Sep 2016 #48

The other kid was 19 ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #49

Asking people for money while armed with a realistic looking weapon is LisaL Sep 2016 #50

Fair enough if the kid had been brought to trial instead of executed extrajudicially ColemanMaskell Sep 2016 #51

"executed extrajudicially" EX500rider Sep 2016 #55

I knew a guy that lost an eye to a BB gun TexasBushwhacker Sep 2016 #43

So many wrongs here. romanic Sep 2016 #44

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Yep and there's been so little media coverage of it lostnfound Sep 2016 #53

I have to admit--the BB gun sure looks real.... riversedge Sep 2016 #54