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In reply to the discussion: Family grateful for Texas City PD's handling of 911 call made over kids playing with Nerf guns [View all]BumRushDaShow
(129,916 posts)14. I think many of us on DU remember when "cap guns" were popular for kids
and yeah, they were made so they almost sounded "real" when the hammer hit the dot on the strip.
This is a "modern" version using that paper strip -
Those, water pistols, bb guns and similar have been banned here in Philly for decades for obvious reasons. And it's sad when you even have something as large and colorful and outright bizarre-looking as a "nerf gun" potentially being considered something ripe for a "Karen" or a "Ken" to call 911 about.
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